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		madair on Oct 2, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Are the smart getting richer? Social darwinism rears its ugly head in odd places. Luck and intelligence can each work alone to produce fortunes. But after the initial fortune is made, only intelligence helps grow it. Wow.

hughprime on Oct 2, 2009 [–]

You can't just disagree with something by saying "Wow".

madair on Oct 2, 2009 | [–]

I can disagree by deconstructing the ideas to relatives of Social Darwinism, the friend of colonialists and the entitled alike.

hughprime on Oct 3, 2009 | | [–]

Umm, nope, that's pretty much exactly what you can't do.

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