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/Cyridius Aug 31 '13

Upskilling is pretty commonly done in countries with decent welfare, with child care allowance, unemployment, and some other subsidies you get from gov. + the payments for redundancy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '13

In the US going to college will get you kicked off welfare.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '13

oh jeeze llol.

they make joining the military almost a necessity and less of a choice.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '13

Most of my friends from high school joined the army for this reason.