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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum
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To: Gib Bogle who wrote (3159)1/8/2006 5:05:53 AM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 219333
 
<you must also know that number of offspring is negatively correlated with wealth>

So I've heard. Though I've never seen data. Maybe it's an urban myth. Maybe that applies only for those above IQ 100. Maybe those at IQ 80 and below have few children, or the children die.

The fact is that humans have got a LOT smarter than our chimpoid ancestors AND vastly more wealthy. Maybe there is some oddity in the last few decades, though the Flynn Effect shows continuing brainpower increases.

<I know that you believe that affluence is correlated with wealth>

That's funny, I read that as saying intelligence is correlated with wealth and was later puzzled by Seeker of Truth's comment about your typo. I thought I read what you thought you'd written. Of course affluence is correlated with wealth. Being poor is correlated with poverty.

Not only do I think there's correlation of brainpower with wealth, I think wealth is caused by brainpower.

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