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Originally Posted by NickMPK
Doesn’t this statement contradict the whole thesis of your OP?
Like, do you think there’s a strong correlation between being a winning poker player and having good social skills?
Many people seek out poker precisely because they don’t want to do stuff that requires good social skills.
Um, no not at all. Just because smarter people will do better in poker and in life, or more emotionally intelligent people will see higher rates of success means very little if applied to both. Or that people with better impulse control also do better. Or even better looking people. The list goes on. Such is evolution.
But if you are talking about an online bot with poor social skills going to poker, then they'd be better served being a FAANG type engineer, actuary, whatever and make more $. Surprisingly many people seek out those careers "because they don't want to do stuff that requires good social skills" as you put it.
You raise the interesting evolutionary question that I think is worth considering. Will better looking people do better at poker? There are exceptions of course, but it's this simple: Airball would play better if he were healthier. Certainly yes in the sense that if they are healthy they'll be able to think better and demonstrate more self-control. But I submit an evolutionary fact: better looking people will on average do better. Maybe it's a more controlled sense of self-confidence? But I guess you could argue the opposite, Shawn Deeb types have a chip on their shoulders and therefore try harder, but I think that tendency is less-frequent. Hmmm??? I'm not sure, I guess.