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pkt | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 IQ correlates well to success in life, measured in all kinds of ways. It's not the only factor. But it is an important one.

It's just wishful thinking to believe that it doesn't.
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laanwj | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 i think believing that it does is the wishful thinking 🙂 in my experience, the people circlejerking over their IQ, are rarely the people that contribute a lot to anything
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pkt | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Circlejerking over IQ has little to do with having IQ. Indeed, you're assuming those people aren't lying about their IQs.
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Xis10tial1 | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 The harder thing to swallow is that IQ is inherited.