r/science Professor | Medicine 20d ago

Neuroscience Twin study suggests rationality and intelligence share the same genetic roots - the study suggests that being irrational, or making illogical choices, might simply be another way of measuring lower intelligence.

https://www.psypost.org/twin-study-suggests-rationality-and-intelligence-share-the-same-genetic-roots/
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u/demonicneon 19d ago

Doesn’t seem to test for the whole breadth of intelligence then does it though ? Also doesn’t represent real life whatsoever, where there are more situations that don’t have one correct answer, doesn’t account for social intelligences, or spacial, or musical, or…

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