My dad grew up dirt poor and did badly in school . Failed IQ tests. Dropped out in grade 6 to work and help support his parents. At 27 he was a millionaire with a thriving construction company and a busy restaurant. I'm still running the construction company he started in the mid 50s. IQ tests are bogus and determine nothing.,(reply>), @mr zed Eh, I wasn't trying to call him dumb. Most people don't have that kind of entrepreneurship. I had a similar uncle.,(reply>), @88 dng I guess my dad was one of those outliers,(reply>), @mr zed Intelligence strongly correlates with positive socioeconomic outcomes. The unintelligent far outnumber the intelligent, though: sporadic outliers are expected.,(reply>), @88 dng key word being trends,(reply>), Anecdotes don't disprove empirical trends.