How Does it Feel to Know that You are Dumber than the Financiers who Came Before You

New research published this week examining the IQ scores of men born between 1962 and 1991 has found that scores increased between 62 and 75, but have been dropping steadily since.

How does it feel to know that you probably have less brain power than the people who worked in finance before you?

 
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I have room temperature IQ

Hopefully you live in a non-air conditioned place by the equator.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
famejranc:
New research published this week examining the IQ scores of men born between 1962 and 1991 has found that scores increased between 62 and 75, but have been dropping steadily since.

How does it feel to know that you probably have less brain power than the people who worked in finance before you?

'Young man, I'd be so happy if I could be as sure about one thing in my life as you are so sure of everything.' Disraeli

 

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