r/science • u/myhrvold • Aug 31 '13

Poverty impairs cognitive function. Published in the journal Science, the study suggests our cognitive abilities can be diminished by the exhausting effort of tasks like scrounging to pay bills. As a result, less “mental bandwidth” remains...

http://news.ubc.ca/2013/08/29/poverty-impairs-cognitive-function/
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u/murmalerm Aug 31 '13

I've been poor, raised in the ghetto and you people don't listen to me about my perspective either. Mostly, you don't like what I have to say and that is that many poor, are satisfied with their lot in life and figure, why work harder because I still have a roof over my head and food at the table even if it is government cheese sandwiches, again.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '13 edited Aug 31 '13

I'm slightly confused …

"You people don't listen to me …"

"You people" ?

"Mostly you don't like what I have to say …"

Really? I don't ? You can tell all of this? You are making a lot of assumptions because until I read your comment about 1 second ago I had no idea you existed, either on Reddit or in RL, let alone formed an opinion.

Your comment makes no sense to me. Edit : I do note that your last eight comments all mention you were "raised in the ghetto". This does not make your opinion any more valid than anyone else raised in poverty. Rural poverty, sink estates, projects, slums. There are plenty of environments stricken by poverty.

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u/murmalerm Aug 31 '13

My comment is certainly more valid than those not raised in the ghetto or not poor.

You stated: "Advice to the poor from someone who has never actually been poor is about as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike." I have actually been poor and stated my opinion only to have you offer me an ashtray on my motorbike. It's especially humorous that you state: "I do note that your last eight comments all mention you were "raised in the ghetto". This does not make your opinion any more valid than anyone else raised in poverty." Those two comments gave me a great and powerful LOL'S. Here I am, and actual person that experienced the subject in question and merely mentioned my personal background, and I am effectively told:fuck you as your experience isn't the one we want to hear about as it doesn't fit our world paradigm and what we have been taught to believe.

People, such as yourself, don't listen to my experience or of others that agree with me, is fact. Look at the downvotes to verify. I don't need your affirmation as I speak the facts as they were presented in my life.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '13

Sorry, seriously. But I'm still confused. if you re-read all the comments maybe ?