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		_kxbd on Oct 14, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It’s better to be born rich than gifted I still disagree on the IQ requirement for money, but looks like you're right about this. I was mistakenly searching for "average IQ by profession", rather than "average iq for engineers". Thank you for the link!

Hydraulix989 on Oct 14, 2018 [–]

Right, I wouldn't call it a "requirement" per se, but not having such a high IQ is like being only 6 feet tall in the NBA. It takes some serious cognitive abilities to be able to amass 8 figures without any prior family fortune of any sort.

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