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Interesting, but I think Mr. Reeves is making an assumption that doesn't necessarily hold water: that those towards the bottom are or would be capable of taking advantage of the opportunities that the people at the top are supposedly "hoarding." I certainly agree with the premise that people at the upper end of the income spectrum are pulling away from those farther down. I believe that can be attributed to:He's an interesting interview: he left England to get away from class consciousness and limitations. Now he realizes that there are also deep divisions in US, but we pretend that such divisions don't exist. Like him, I think the latter is the worse option.
oof.– Intelligence is significantly if not overwhelmingly heritable, so smart couples have smart kids.
anecdotally I've come to believe thats falseoof.– Intelligence is significantly if not overwhelmingly heritable, so smart couples have smart kids.
Success at what, though? One can indeed be very financially successful and not be all that intelligent. For example, I have multiple multi-millionaire clients who never went to college. One of them could no doubt buy and sell me a hundred times over, and he is a plumber by trade. He made his fortune flipping houses and doing all the repair work himself. On the other hand, it's highly unlikely that someone who is not extremely smart would be successful as, say, an electrical engineer or a cardiothoracic surgeon.Success doesn't require intelligence.
There is definitely a correlation between success and successful parents, but intelligence is more of an independent variable.
Correctamundo. Honorifics are used by other people—not claimed by one's self. It's the same reason why its incorrect for a lawyer to append "Esquire" to his or her own name.Never mind the pretension, you aren't supposed to refer to yourself as 'the honorable' anything.
Am of the opinion Tyler Cowen is a bit more precise on this topic than Reeves.Interesting, but I think Mr. Reeves is .......... ld have the smarts to get into that college? Does the poor child have the smarts to hold down a STEM job? A lot of ....... and stupid cannot be fixed.He's an interesting interview: he left England to get away from class consciousness and limitations. Now he realizes that there are also deep divisions in US, but we pretend that such divisions don't exist. Like him, I think the latter is the worse option.
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I don't necessarily think there's a direct correlation between intelligence and societal class.Interesting, but I think Mr. Reeves is making an assumption that doesn't necessarily hold water: that those towards the bottom are or would be capable of taking advantage of the opportunities that the people at the top are supposedly "hoarding." I certainly agree with the premise that people at the upper end of the income spectrum are pulling away from those farther down. I believe that can be attributed to:He's an interesting interview: he left England to get away from class consciousness and limitations. Now he realizes that there are also deep divisions in US, but we pretend that such divisions don't exist. Like him, I think the latter is the worse option.
– With notable exceptions such as professional athletes, most high-income jobs require high intelligence. While there may be exceptions, people who are not well above average in intelligence are not going to be able to handle jobs such as medicine, engineering, law, computer programming, high-level managerial and executive, other STEM jobs, etc.
– Smart people generally prefer to date and marry other smart people and live in neighborhoods where smart people congregate.
– Intelligence is significantly if not overwhelmingly heritable, so smart couples have smart kids.
– Those smart kids in many if not most cases grow up to also join the high-income "smart" professions.
– Rinse and repeat.
The fact that, for example, the son or daughter of two highly intelligent tech professionals gets into a good college and then lands a high-paying STEM job does not necessarily mean that a job has been "hoarded" from a poor child. Does the poor child have the smarts to get into that college? Does the poor child have the smarts to hold down a STEM job? A lot of people are poor because they're stupid, and stupid cannot be fixed.
Is it likely that a cardiothiracic surgeon could be just as successful fixing and flipping houses? There are different types of "smart."Success at what, though? One can indeed be very financially successful and not be all that intelligent. For example, I have multiple multi-millionaire clients who never went to college. One of them could no doubt buy and sell me a hundred times over, and he is a plumber by trade. He made his fortune flipping houses and doing all the repair work himself. On the other hand, it's highly unlikely that someone who is not extremely smart would be successful as, say, an electrical engineer or a cardiothoracic surgeon.Success doesn't require intelligence.
There is definitely a correlation between success and successful parents, but intelligence is more of an independent variable.
I think that depends upon how one is defining "class." If we consider class to be something one has to be born into (I'm thinking along the lines of a European-style concept of nobility), then nothing else matters other than the happenstance of birth. No matter how much money one might have, the Blue Bloods will never accept you as anything other than an up-jumped bourgeoisie. If, however, we define societal class more along the lines of income and opportunity, then societal class starts to align with one's job, and one's job is significantly dictated by one's intelligence, particularly when it comes to a lot (certainly not all, but a lot) of high-income jobs.I don't necessarily think there's a direct correlation between intelligence and societal class.
There are, but not every type of "smart" is going to qualify one for every job. A cardiothoracic surgeon might indeed also possess the ability to be a brilliant plumber, but a brilliant plumber is much less likely to have the capabilities to be a cardiothoracic surgeon.Is it likely that a cardiothiracic surgeon could be just as successful fixing and flipping houses? There are different types of "smart."
Completely disagree. They require different skill sets, and different ways of thinking. Certainly the surgeon would tend to have more intelligence as we traditionally think of it, but that doesn't necessarily translate to other jobs well.There are, but not every type of "smart" is going to qualify one for every job. A cardiothoracic surgeon might indeed also possess the ability to be a brilliant plumber, but a brilliant plumber is much less likely to have the capabilities to be a cardiothoracic surgeon.Is it likely that a cardiothiracic surgeon could be just as successful fixing and flipping houses? There are different types of "smart."
I said the surgeon "might" have the skills to be a plumber, not that he or she would.Completely disagree. They require different skill sets, and different ways of thinking. Certainly the surgeon would tend to have more intelligence as we traditionally think of it, but that doesn't necessarily translate to other jobs well.
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Wait...you disagree that it's more likely a surgeon could be a plumber? EeshThe way you stated it, you seemed to say that it is more likely the surgeon could be a plumber than vice versa. That's where I think the disagreement lies, unless I misunderstood.
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Be a plumber and excel at it? Yes, I disagree that is more likely. Most skilled jobs require a unique set of skills.Wait...you disagree that it's more likely a surgeon could be a plumber? EeshThe way you stated it, you seemed to say that it is more likely the surgeon could be a plumber than vice versa. That's where I think the disagreement lies, unless I misunderstood.
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