...and their financial status?
2007-01-29 15:04:22 · 21 answers · asked by Robert B 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Not at all. Sometimes it's luck that determines your financial status. Sometimes it's being born into a certain family...(I'm not saying that wealthy people are usually ignorant and poor people are always intelligent.)
2007-01-29 15:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes (just as there's a direct correlation between a person's intelligence & their shoe size*).
It's not a 100% correlation, but true certifiable incompetents generally have little or no money while some brilliant people have a vast amount of wealth so there would be an overall direct correlation.
*With regard to shoe size, babies have very small shoe sizes & haven't attained a great deal of intelligence. On the other hand, former pro basketball player Bob Lanier has huge feet (his shoe size is about 26) & he has a doctorate degree. Not 100% correlation, but again an overall direct correlation.
2007-01-29 23:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! Remember there are people out there with PhD's driving cabs...of course, there IS a correlation between level on education and level of income, BUT there are brilliant people in the world who for whatever reason never went to school/college/university...
2007-01-29 23:24:48 · answer #3 · answered by jennycf2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just look at Anna Nichole Smith...she's rich and about as sharp as a bowling ball. She also proves that there's no correlation between a person's wealth and how much class they have.
2007-01-29 23:12:07 · answer #4 · answered by J-Dawn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, look how much money Paris Hilton and Anna Nicole Smith have!
2007-01-29 23:11:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I know some very dumb rich people, smart rich people, not very bright poor people and very smart poor people. I think opportunity, environment and upbringing play into a person's financial success as well as their financial responsibility.
2007-01-29 23:10:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No not really. A lot of smart people never go to college and get normal jobs.
2007-01-29 23:11:09 · answer #7 · answered by Joe C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. I know some wealthy people who are dumber than dirt , than you have middle income folks that are smart as whips
2007-01-29 23:09:28 · answer #8 · answered by BoTToms UP 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, unfortunately.
2007-01-29 23:11:48 · answer #9 · answered by happy_southernlady 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no...the IQ of someone doesn't determine whether the stock market increases...some of its just luck..other times they work their butts off to get where they are....good question!
2007-01-29 23:17:44 · answer #10 · answered by kowalley 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋