The higher IQ a given group of people has the higher their monetary value on average.
Well,
all things being equal, that would appear to be fair enough - with one big proviso - the IQ measure is valid and reliable. And not, for eg., a pleasing reflection in a mirror of your own choosing. I'm not convinced either way TBH.
We all would kind of like to believe (in a meritocratic kind of a way) that the cream rises to the top - its the whole ideological bedrock of western civilisation. Just doesn't ring true to me.
Even if it were true, it would show to us one clear truth - IQ does not equal moral value.
Hence, jews and banks.
And I suppose the question would be - which came first ? The high score in the (almost) arbitrary intelligence test, or the money ?
If you wanted an armchair psychological answer, then it is simply the ability to thrive in the world.
Agreed - or put another way, the ability to adapt, in evolutionary terms, to a given environment. How can that be reliably measured though ? And who would do the measuring ?
And its not as straightforward as having money. Far from it.
Thats arbitrary. What I mean is, any other criteria could be used and said to be the correct and valid measure (as it often has been and even today is) of intelligence. Who is to say whats correct ? Thats the question.
