Thanks, kcab-- I was shooting from the hip in this instance, comparing only those disciplines for which I am most familiar-- that being STEM fields, and then "humanities" as an indifferentiated genre.

Point remains the same, however. Those fields that draw highest IQ's within subpopulations do not also correspond to best monetary compensation.

An interesting question occurs to me, however, in light of this along with Val's data (from that paper) about wealth and IQ.

Are higher IQ's correlated with better financial management of the income that the family unit does have?

That is, maybe income is averaging only 110K for people with IQ's in that 130+ range, but does wealth also plateau? Or does it rise out of proportion to the income?








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