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Re:If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s j... by grandmczeb on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @11:35PM (#35448956)
Wonder what the title would have been if the simulation spit out the opposite result - “Not so lucky after all? Science confirms poverty caused by lack of intelligence, talent.”
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Re:If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s j... by jgoodknight on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @11:33AM (#35455898)
The problem with studies like this and why they lack credibility is there probably wouldn’t have been a headline if the model didn’t spit out the result that wealth is created primarily by luck. They either wouldn’t have published the result, or they would have come up with a new model.
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Re:If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s j... by grandmczeb on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @11:54PM (#35463924)
Oh definitely - the joke is that a headline like that wouldn’t exist in real life for exactly the reasons you mention.
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