Why are people with high IQs rarely ultra wealthy?

HAHHAHA a few years ago I hired a complete brainiac straight from a PhD program at a very top, top university, and we paid him very well. A few years later he chose to return to Russia to go wor…

Top stories for Long   Why are people with high IQs rarely ultra wealthy? LooneyToons, lived in The United States of America (2007-2016) • Updated October 31 HAHHAHA a few years ago I hired a complete brainiac straight from a PhD program at a very top, top university, and we paid him very well. A few years later he chose to retu... Read more » 756 127   Why don't the Yakuza need to hide? YoujiH, lived in Japan • Updated June 20, 2022 The nature of Yakuza is greatly misunderstood in West, because Westerners consider Yakuza to be a Japanese version of Mafia. If you want to see a yakuza in Japan, then you j... Read more » 8.1K 299   Candace Thompson, RN (1995-present) • Updated Oct 18 Last night my adult son and I stayed at a hotel in Savannah. I heard multiple thuds near my bed then felt something hit the bed. My son's shoes were misplaced around the room as if they had been th... Read more » 6K 1.5K   I voted for Trump because he promised to finish the wall, lock up Biden, and end transgender indoctrination. Why hasn't he done so yet? Emery Larick, has followed American politics for forty years • Answered October 3 Other people voted for him because he promised to lower grocery prices. Some people thought Trump would make all prices go back to what they were before. Like you, they did... Read more » 6K 230   What is the coolest line in history? Sean Kernan • Answered January 15, 2024 Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia had an epic line to Joseph Stalin, who kept sending assassins to kill him. His note read: "Stop sending people to kill me! We've alr... Read more » 7.5K 244   Is PhD losing its value in scientific research? Wangsa, Biochemist, biotechnologist • Answered October 17 sadly, yes. the main problem: commercialization and change of social value. being a PhD is used to be based on passion and love of science (be it basic or applied). now, PhD ... Read more » 668 54   Can I retire early with 200k and make the rest of my life? I own my home. Kim Kelley, M.S. from San Francisco State University (1976) • Answered January 14 This question reminds me of a 93 year old who lives on my street. He hasn't worked since he was in his mid thirties and his mother died leaving him an inheritance. He figur... Read more » 2.6K 452   Why is USB-C necessary when the previous USB was adequate to accomplish everyday tasks? Chris Everett, American. • Updated February 3 Well, the prior USB cable types really weren't adequate. First, USB-A was just too big. And one end of basically everything required it. That's not ideal. USB-C allows not o... Read more » 3.3K 174   Was Mister Rogers ever implicated in any type of scandal? Jean-Marie Valheur, knows a bit about a bit • Answered October 15 Fred Rogers was a great guy, but also a guy born in 1928. He was a religious man, and while open-minded, he knew the power of keeping up appearances. When the actor François... Read more » 4.2K 450   My dog licked my wound and now he won't leave me alone. Why is this? Thomas Cayne, Writer, painter, thinker, madman. • Answered October 24 Pay close attention to what he's doing. Is he constantly sniffing and licking your wound, and can't leave it alone somehow — as if he's totally consumed by the very presence... Read more » 1K 81   Why don't chefs kill lobsters instead of boiling them alive? Christopher Lehrich • Answered June 21, 2023 It's sort of fascinating. No matter what method is used to kill the lobster, there are always people freaking out and saying it's cruel. I have read that dropping a lobster ... Read more » 2K 407   Why is 6'2" (188 cm) often considered the perfect height for human males 20 years and above? Ernest W. Adams, Game design consultant, author and professor • Answered October 19 It's not, in Japan. There it makes you a giant and therefore probably a barbarian. Height expectations are cultural and subjective. 6'2″ is what Western men aspire to, but f... Read more » 939 Read more in your feed

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