College graduates aren't any smarter Rob. So what if there are standards that keep people from attending college (low enough for many schools) and so what if college graduates have higher incomes because that large population of the world decided they hated free money.
That's not to say the people that don't go to college are dumb. The richest man in the world dropped out of college. But these are rare.
-Rudey
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Originally posted by KSig RC
Actually, think about it like this - I think everyone will agree that attending college is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for having 'intelligence' (which I'll politely refuse to define specifically).
However, if we say that 'intelligence' is something that is quantifiable, and that 'intelligent' people are those who have above-average intelligence, I think it's more likely that someone that is 'intelligent' has a college degree of some sort.
There are certainly exceptions, but we even note these people as exceptions - "He didn't go to college, but he's very bright, just not into school" or "he's very creative, but not a test-taker" and so on.
However, this link is probably not causative - think of the avalanche of people from our generation that have a college degree (even a moderately unimportant one, like say mine), as well as the way that people quantify 'intelligence' (it's probably related to, say, money or attitude, no?).
Not that I'm really agreeing with any other points in this thread (honestly, James is right on here, in many ways) - just musing a little. Work is boring.
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