The lower your social class, the ‘wiser’ you are, suggests new study

I think in general poor people have better social skills and deeper connections with their peers--being poor necessitates having a strong social network, because having people who can help you out when you're down on your luck is important when you don't have money to buy yourself out of that situation.

That said, I'm not sure if that's a good indicator of 'wisdom' as this article seems to suggest. I'm certainly not going down to the local trailer park to ask for advice next time I have a problem.

If you assume that the lower a persons social status the more they are forced to adapt to others thinking, then it follows they would be more practiced in doing so.

Interestingly, this reminds me of other research that discussed how people lose empathy as they gain social status [0].

[0] https://hbr.org/2015/04/becoming-powerful-makes-you-less-emp...

The anecdotes I hear about "working-class" life seem to feature a lot of fisticuffs, but I can see the role of adaptation - as a necessity - in fostering wisdom.