“The Terman results are deeply distressing. Let's not forget how highly gifted the C group was. If you had met them at five or six years of age, you would have been overwhelmed by their curiosity and mental agility and sparkle. They were true outliers. The plain truth of the Terman study, however, is that in the end almost none of the genius children from the lowest social and economic class ended up making a name for themselves.”

— Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers p.112

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Why is this distressing?

Well maybe it’s not anymore for families of such children who are saving on their behalf in Bitcoin, but obviously not that many people are doing that.

(Malcolm Gladwell is an idiot by the way)

Smartest statement I've heard all day

🤣

Genuine question, why is he an idiot. I’ve heard him speak a few times and he seemed to have some interesting angles on things - but I’ve also heard many people say he’s an idiot.

Don’t have enough context to understand why.

I’m sure his IQ is above avarage but yet he’s an idiot🤷