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> far above even surgeons or lawyers or engineers, who work very hard and are just as smart as the ultra-rich

I've been seeing this assumption float around quite a bit around HN. Where is this coming from? Where is this belief that "ultra-rich" or "having interest in money" implies intelligence?

Not saying one way or the other. Just genuinely curious.

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Oh I was going to question the other two assumptions, that surgeons, lawyers, and engineers work very hard, and that they (as an averaged group) are just as smart as the ultra-rich (as an averaged group)

People who are highly skilled in one area run the same range as anyone else in other areas. Sometimes it even seems like people who focus hard in one area are the least balanced in depth and accuracy of general knowledge. I want to see the experiments testing the wisdom of the crowd done on experts in one field.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd

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