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Re:Why Aren't More Highly Intelligent People Rich? by mdszy on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:50AM (#22326453)
That's literally what happens to those whose riches are the result of inheritance, which is the source of a great many rich people, so yes.
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Re:Why Aren't More Highly Intelligent People Rich? by efdee on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:54AM (#22326485)
You're saying that's the only way to be rich. That's incredibly shortsighted.
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Re:Why Aren't More Highly Intelligent People Rich? by krapp on Friday February 14, 2020 @09:01AM (#22326557)
They're saying that's the most common way to be rich, which is true. Even among entrepreneurs, many were either born with access to wealth, married into wealth or both.
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Re:Why Aren't More Highly Intelligent People Rich? by efdee on Friday February 21, 2020 @05:13AM (#22382121)
No, they're saying it's the only way to be rich. That's what 100% means.
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Re:Why Aren't More Highly Intelligent People Rich? by mdszy on Friday February 14, 2020 @09:06AM (#22326601)
It's the absolute easiest and probably most common way to be rich.
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Re:Why Aren't More Highly Intelligent People Rich? by efdee on Friday February 21, 2020 @05:13AM (#22382125)
Sure, but that's not what 100% means.
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