Talk:Cognitive elite

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The article is about the concept of a "cognitive elite", i.e. individuals who exhibit higher levels of intelligence compared to the rest of a populace who supposedly have an advantage in terms of achieving success and amassing wealth. Nietzsche's concept of a "superman", on the other hand, relates to self-improvement and morality, and seems to have little (if anything) to do with innate cognitive abilities or any ruling elite in society. As such, I believe the section regarding Nietzsche should be either moved somewhere else or removed entirely.

Bavio the Benighted (talk) 16:48, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I believe there could be a wider variety of research that discuss why cognitive elite is not necessarily an accurate term to utilize. There are many socioeconomic factors that can affect one's intelligence and cognitive ability, and I think addition of research helps provide a multi faceted viewpoint on the accuracy of this term. Cmetoyer (talk) 18:55, 2 September 2021 (UTC)Christian Metoyer[reply]