Scrap the BBC to cut the defecit

B_Blank

ninky wrote: »

if you think cleverness is the main factor in getting people decent jobs then you aren't very clever.

there's no correlation between iq and success.

http://iq-test.learninginfo.org/iq07.htm

Ok, cleverness is a bad term. I mean ability to suceed as cleverness (which is a combination of iq and other personality traits)

ninky_2

B_Blank wrote: »

Ok, cleverness is a bad term. I mean ability to suceed as cleverness (which is [STRIKE]a combination of iq and other personality traits[/STRIKE]more often than not a result of the level of privilege endowed by upbringing)

corrected for you.

Derivative

If your definition of "cleverness" is essentially knowledge mixed with good social skills, then it's very well correlated with upbringing.

Those brought up in poor (especially single parent) families, in general:

Have smaller vocabularies and difficulty articulating themselves
Less impulse control (ability to defer gratification)
Less aspiration (why learn when all you can see around you is poverty?)

Those are just a few points. It's not as simple as saying "the poor just can't be arsed". Yes, you get the odd gem, just as you see the odd celeb in the news who's squandered their fortune. Statistically they are rare.

Those are just developmental issues. Then you have to take into account the network of friends such an individual is likely to have - a child brought up on a council estate is networking with criminals, low paid workers, etcetera, with the odd well off. Compare that to the sons of bankers, lawyers, et al. Or compare the anti-intellectual nature of most state school children with private establishments.

asbokid

EdgEy wrote: »

you have to take into account the network of friends such an individual is likely to have - a child brought up on a council estate is networking with criminals, low paid workers, etcetera, with the odd well off. Compare that to the sons of bankers, lawyers, et al.

At least the council house kid is only fraternising with criminals.

The banker's son, by contrast, is a lost cause.

He's descended from a long line of criminals. Criminality is in his genes.

Derivative

asbokid wrote: »

At least the council house kid is only fraternising with criminals.

The banker's son, by contrast, is a lost cause.

He's descended from a long line of criminals. Criminality is in his genes.

The first thing you must learn in order to succeed, in monetary terms, is how to defraud without overstepping the bounds of the law.

As unfortunate as that may be. Noone gets to the top without standing on a few heads along the way, even those of us living on a pittance by British standards do it on the backs of cheap labour imports.

ILW

ninky wrote: »

if you think cleverness is the main factor in getting people decent jobs then you aren't very clever.

there's no correlation between iq and success.

http://iq-test.learninginfo.org/iq07.htm

There is quite a correlation between hard work and success though.

kabayiri

No one has yet explained how scrapping the BBC would cut anything from the deficit.

markharding557

Scrapping the BBC would do very little to reduce the deficit because it's budget is puny in comparison.
I like the BBC being the add free service it is but there is plenty of scope for budget cuts to reduce the license fee.

quantic

1) Post controversial topic
2) Give vague answers to specific questions
3) ???
4) Profit

ILW

I would miss radio 4.