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it's a matter of motivation (quokk.au)
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[โ€“] onlinepersona@programming.dev 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

There seems to be a correlation between doing productive things for fun and higher intelligence and education

Correlation does not mean causation. Many people do productive things because they can. And being productive is also very dependent on definition.

If you're uneducated, unlucky enough to grow in a household where ideas aren't valued and failure is mocked or success belittled, and of course poor, chances are great you will not do much in life. However, if you're poor, surrounded by motivated individuals who thrive to be successful and push you to be educated, and they do what they van to get you into school, there's a good chance you will succeed.

The biggest problems are lack of access to good education and opportunity. "High intelligence" is just an excuse to confuse success with intelligence and hard work. That's not how our society works.

[โ€“] NateNate60@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

I agree with you on that. Intelligence isn't a stat point that someone is assigned at character creation. It's the result of the educational opportunities and support that they had access to growing up.