(December 19, 2018 at 11:23 am)tackattack Wrote: Jor, time and time again, better is very subjective. While we can all agree that money might make us happy, it doesn't prove itself out irl.
The least-gifted children of high-income parents graduate from college at higher rates than the most-gifted children of low-income parents, might very well be true. That doesn't make them more successful or happier. Nor does a college degree equate to more intelligent (emotionally or intellectually).
I never said that collegiate success equates to happiness, nor would I. What I did not note is that this study leaves open many questions, such as what it is about being born poor which contributes to this result, and likewise for the rich. I think one would have to answer many of those questions before one went about drawing any implications for policy from this study. But it does suggest that there is an important and significant issue to be explored. You seem to be suggesting that I was drawing certain conclusions from this article. I was not. I simply posted the article. If you interpreted that in a specific way, well so be it, but I haven't drawn any conclusions from it, much less implied that college success is a metric for happiness. I might do so, but I didn't. And as I've bowed out of this discussion, I'm not going to explore the possible inferences and implications any further. I simply thought it relevant and useful information. What you choose to do with it is your own business.
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