Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on High Status and Stupidity: Why? - Less Wrong

34 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 January 2010 04:36PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 13 January 2010 01:45:40AM 5 points [-]

I think your premise is false, there's weak positive correlation between being smart and status,

You assume the wrong premise. The premise is not "there is a negative correlation between status and intelligence". That is false and obviously so. The premise is "high status makes you less intelligent".

Causation does not imply correlation.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 January 2010 05:05:24AM 6 points [-]

For example, high tax payments are correlated with high income, but make you poorer.

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