The $3K all in exercize.

[Jud]

1 minute ago, mansr said:

Fortunate people have more money. Intelligence is but a minor factor.

 

No such thing as intelligence.  Talent at various things richly remunerated by our society, sure.

[Jud]

5 minutes ago, beerandmusic said:

 

Intelligence is ones ability to learn, not how much they know....one can have a very high iq, and still be a poor lazy stupid fool, like me. (laughing, but true...and enjoying myself....at least i think i have done it right...as long as i am content, that's what matters).

 

Yes, the "general factor" has been called by various names, including "aptitude," i.e., the ability to learn.  However, since this "general factor" is nothing but a statistical artifact, the correct term for it is "BS."

[Jud]

12 hours ago, Ron Scubadiver said:

@beerandmusic   I am in a very different place from GUTB, much older and not subject to the pressures he must deal with every day.   How people behave in internet forums is not a great indicator of what they are like in real life.

 

As for the foundation of success there is a division between the Left and the Right.  The Left will ascribe success mostly to the efforts of the government and luck.  The Right sees it mostly as Talent and risk taking.

 

As with many generalizations about politics, I think this one falls pretty flat.  If one looks at actual opinion polling results, a significant portion of the "left" is busy getting their kids into good schools, while there are a large number of people on the "right" who resent not being dealt a fair hand in life.  It appears both attitudes exist across the political spectrum.

 

With regard to people not acting on the Internet as they do in "real life," I'm reminded of the Kurt Vonnegut novel Mother Night, which starts off by saying every story has a moral, so here is Mother Night's moral: "You are who you pretend to be, so you better be careful who you pretend to be."

[Jud]

12 hours ago, mansr said:

Centre left, as seen from Europe.

 

Perhaps even a little right of center.  Is there a major center right party in Europe that is against universal healthcare or universal post-secondary education?