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by bayesian_horse 2513 days ago
In my opinion the link between intelligence and economic success is hugely overestimated...

A strong belief in "meritocracy" leads to a lot of cognitive biases.

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I'm very tired of people demanding that I believe obvious nonsense like this claim that differences in skill don't exist or that differences in skill don't affect material outcomes. I get that you don't like meritocracy, but I'm not going to accept claims that it's some kind of myth. Hard work and talent leads to success.