This is not the case, you could really read up more about that.<p>Here&#x27;s a comic that explains some of the issues:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thewireless.co.nz&#x2F;articles&#x2F;the-pencilsword-on-a-plate" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thewireless.co.nz&#x2F;articles&#x2F;the-pencilsword-on-a-plate</a><p>Some other bits and pieces:<p>- If earning a lot was just a matter of intelligence, you&#x27;d have as many people earning $100k coming from ghettos, as from rich neighbourhoods. Because intelligence isn&#x27;t correlated to the social status of your parents.<p>- Intelligence isn&#x27;t knowledge. If you&#x27;re walking on a path riddled with deadly hidden traps, your intelligence will not help you much. And if you&#x27;re in a race (and career is a race against other people, and against time), even if you&#x27;re bright, you&#x27;ll be left in the dust by people who might not be as smart, but were better prepared by their parents and community.<p>Those are not the &quot;outlying cases&quot; as you call them. The outlying cases are when someone manages to use his&#x2F;her intelligence to get over all those challenges and switch into a different social class. A cool book called &quot;Outliers&quot; comes to my mind now. It&#x27;s one of the classics and I highly recommend it: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0316017930" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwel...</a>