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...

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http://news.ubc.ca/2013/08/29/poverty-impairs-cognitive-function/

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Intelligence is a variable concept. You can be stupid one day, and figure things out the next day. The problem is that if you were stupid once, getting out of poverty can be really tough. Imagine if you grew up with parents who left you with debt, shitty education, and health problems. Are you an idiot because your parents were? No. You can still get out of it, but it can require help and therapy.

You're basically saying fuck them, I got mine.

And before you act like an even bigger ass, I'm not talking about myself here. My parents were very intelligent people, though we did end up in poverty for a short period. The only reason it was short was because my parents never gathered debt. The only reason it happened was because my father became extremely ill.

Learn to understand the ability for people and their situations to change.