Would a college student or graduate be disappointed to find that in NYC there is a tribal divide among IQ and working class people? I live in upstate NY and the demographic divide among IQ/intelligence is astronomical! The smarter people form a social heirachy and weed out the resources to lesser intelligent people who are prone to pre-conceived notions. It’s pre-conceived because they lack the intellectual capacity to keep a open mind and not filter everything single track mind. Most college students have 120 IQ. Is the demographic the same in NYC both competitively within a social hierarchy and the people themselves who are “working class”?
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Nobody knows what iq is, not even the people who sell the test. The test was developed to predict whether French boys, not girls, could do well in a specific French academy. They say there is nothing you can do to improve your score, but they have always known that the youngest boy in a class always gets the highest score. If you take a legitimate test, they will not tell you what your score is. If you know your score, you took a wildcat copy of the test. Your first clue is that the score is above 130. A normal score is around 100.
People will tend to fraternise with like minded individuals with whom they are in close contact, be that from a similar employment, education, or recreational activity of any kind. That much can be observed by any halfwit.
Applying some scientific sounding theory to draw murky conclusions may work well in piquing the curiosity of impressionable young minds (especially if it bolsters their ego), yet doesn't necessarily explain nor even truthfully describe reality on every scale.
The smart dudes aren't the ones running the show. Leaders and managers are. And they achieve that position of authority by being skilled in manipulation of *people*, not technology. They can convince their employees to work hard, their customers that their business is superior & flourishing, their suppliers to cut good deals etc. They do so for enough time that they can flaunt their endeavours for further credit. They form connections with *everyone*, not just the upper echelons, in order to increase their reach through trust.
As for the wage differences - it's merely a factor of negotiation. If you can convince your potential employer that your skill: (a) generates income for the business; (b) cannot be easily substituted with some other person or device for a lesser upkeep cost; then you will get a bit less than what you ask for.
Some of the working class (particularly unskilled labour) are in no position to negotiate, since there's ample supply of replacements who lack the motivation or inherent ability to try for higher requirements (plus a handful who prefer it - low responsibility has its merits for example). The same applies to the junior levels of white collar - a fresh graduate programmer with mediocre grades may well find themselves waiting tables without connections or DETERMINATION to be rejected from hundreds of perfectly suitable positions out of hand. Let's not speak of the fate that befalls the BA graduates.
On the other end, some of the highest paid and perked jobs in my country are senior harbour employees (very powerful union and a control over import / export), the electric company engineers, bank management, ceos obviously. In the usa celebrities, musicians and film industry fit in that category quite well.
Question is, do you really wanna be in their shoes? I wouldn't want to have to devote so much time and effort into networking. Nor be in an exhausting physical setting, even a well reimbursed one.
Tldr you need more salt in your diet.
It’s not a insult. I had a professor in one of my classes warning his students about people with “Pre-conceived” Notions who are Part of my demographic in upstate NY. I’m assuming it applies to people who are not white collar or within the same college level IQ braket Jobs but it has to be more correlated to a certain demographic. The social heirachy itself is competitive almost like a game because my professor never explained himself properly. Now that I’m out of school - what he was talking about was class and there are limited connections or resources for those college jobs.