���Beth Benoit wrote of Malcolm Gladwell's *Outliers* that:
On p. 79, he writes: In general, the higher your [IQ] score,
the more education you'll get, the more money you're likely
to make, and - believe it or not – the longer you'll live. But
there's a catch. The relationship between success and
In all this discussion of relationship between IQ and wealth, isn't there a
presumption that wealth is inherently good and more is better? What we learn
from many different sources is that once people out of poverty, that
increased wealth has small to no effect on subjective well-being. Might it
Scott Lilienfeld said, I’d like to gently push Beth a bit and ask her why
she believes that Gladwell’s books help readers to think critically.
I can see - and even largely agree - with some of the criticisms Scott made
about his writing. But I find Gladwell's out-of-the-box ideas often make me
Oops...the Canadian hockey players example was in the first chapter of *
Outliers,* not *Blink.***Sorry.
Beth
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Beth Benoit beth.ben...@gmail.com wrote:
Scott Lilienfeld said, I’d like to gently push Beth a bit and ask her
why she believes that Gladwell’s books
The Motley Fool website (a website that provides stock and
investing advice) has a little article titled Are You Too Smart
to Be Rich? in which the author goes over the reasons for
why smart people (aka Big Brain/High IQ types -- I think
that's a Jungian category :-) do badly at getting wealthy.
, but a prudent man gives thought
to his steps.
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From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu]
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To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Cc: Mike Palij
Subject: [tips] From the If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich?
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Contrary to some TIPSters, I am a fan of Malcolm Gladwell. He's not doing
research on telomerase or other Nobel-inducing work, but I think he *is* making
people think, and think critically. I think his books are fun.
Mike Palij asked the following: ...wonder if they can confirm that
Gladwell
Hi
The Zagorsky article appears to go out of its way to make the case for
a lack of relationship between IQ and wealth. Just a couple of
observations.
1. From figures 1 and 2, Zagorsky points out disparity in upper
quadrants for income but not wealth. That is, more people of high
income have
both.
- Zen Buddhist text
(slightly modified)
From: Beth Benoit [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 10:57 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] From the If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich?
Department
Contrary to some
