TheOtherDave comments on Social class amongst the intellectually gifted - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 03 June 2015 12:19:07PM 10 points [-]

Is there any particular reason to focus on anecdotes and not focus on the percentage of millionaires who have specific degrees?

http://time100.time.com/2013/11/11/these-are-the-most-popular-college-degrees-earned-by-millionaires/ gives for example a list.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 03 June 2015 03:49:23PM 4 points [-]

Agreed that statistics > anecdotes. That said, the list here leaves me wondering about the direction of causation. I'm less interested in current-net-worth than average annual-change-in-net-worth (both % and $) in the years since graduation.