> better predictors of long and happy lives than social class, IQ, or even genes.
They went to Harvard (The non Harvard were added over 30 years later), I would expect 130 IQ compared to 140 IQ wouldn't matter as much as close relationships.
Compare 90 IQ to 110 IQ and I'd be surprised.
I'd also think it's absolutely harder to have close relationships with lower IQ's.
But it's totally correct, relationships matter, people who go to church live longer.
Atheists might be right, but until they work out ways for ongoing communal meetings that last throughout life they are also wrong.
Life's hard. Relationships are hard. The added burden makes having close relationships hard.
I don't think movies are correct that with struggles people come together. I think things happen out of necessity that better off people look at with rose colored glasses.
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The research doesn't seem to agree with this though.
They went to Harvard (The non Harvard were added over 30 years later), I would expect 130 IQ compared to 140 IQ wouldn't matter as much as close relationships.
Compare 90 IQ to 110 IQ and I'd be surprised.
I'd also think it's absolutely harder to have close relationships with lower IQ's.
But it's totally correct, relationships matter, people who go to church live longer.
Atheists might be right, but until they work out ways for ongoing communal meetings that last throughout life they are also wrong.