observer Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Seems scientists have discovered a link between poverty and low IQ - anyone surprised?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I'm quite well off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 yes, most scientists cannot find a link between two ends of a chain. IQ test tend to test how well you do at taking tests. Always remember taking one of those mensa tests along with a scientist who was my boss at the time. He was most put out when he found I scored at least twenty points higher than him and was rated in the top 5%. not bad for a bewsey lad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 I've always said exam results & mega qualification don't necessarily make someone intelligent....they just mean they can absorb & remember what they have been taught. How many times though have we heard of wealth creators & entrepreneurs coming from poor backgrounds but having an ability to see opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Few and far between Dave, that's why our social structure is pyramid shaped, the base is always larger than the top. It's possible imo, that if poor kids were transposed into a public school environment, they would be changed completely and so too their prospects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 I don't think the toffs of our society would be too pleased to let their offsprings places at public schools be usurped by working class kids Obs....unless you are thinking along the lines of public school standard education available to the masses. But the connections that social class provides would still only be available to the upper classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 A school tie can go a long way Dave, plus the old plum in the mouth - still, I suppose the nouveau riche are tolerated rather than welcomed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 " I say , hear hear ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 I presume the "scientists" who came up with this "finding" have a high IQ and aren't poor having had enough nous to con research money to come up with this. :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 I presume the "scientists" who came up with this "finding" have a high IQ and aren't poor having had enough nous to con research money to come up with this. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 I agree Asp, but it slightly beats the science behind tossing a pancake ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Umm we knew this a long time ago - why is it a new theory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Because scientists have researched it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Thars gold in them thar ills :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egbert Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 I think it should be the other way round, shouldn't it? Low IQ = Poverty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 not if you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth! Or if you can play football! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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