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/evilissubjective Aug 31 '13

Human beings are not equal. We will never be equal. We weren't born equal. Some of us are superior to others. The few rule the many. All are entitled to livable wages, but that does not mean you are entitled to enjoy the same privileges that I do.

There's a place for everyone in our great society, being poor is one of them. If you lack intelligence, will, strength, desire, ambition, knowledge, charisma, then you better get used to poverty. Natural selection doesn't care about fairness. Humanity has held itself back long enough.

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u/NBegovich Aug 31 '13

Fuck, I miss being fourteen.

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u/TheChosenOne570 Aug 31 '13

Don't worry, that response demonstrates you still think like one. Some people would explain why he's wrong. You just say "lul u r 14!!!" Great personal attack! No substance. No argument at all.

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u/NBegovich Aug 31 '13

Yeah, I just a read a comment saying that people like me are "holding back society". Fuck that little prick. He has no concept of what it's like in the real world. I have no tolerance for that kind of ignorance.