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

Who decides what is irrational though?

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u/[deleted] 19d ago edited 19d ago

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u/nickeypants 19d ago

Amazing to see how predictably human my brain is. I fell into the exact trap explained below the first puzzle despite taking a good 20 minutes to make up my mind, and got the social test almost immediately. Everyone should give this a try.

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u/ThrowbackPie 19d ago edited 19d ago

What social test?

Edit: oh I just had to read more of the Wikipedia article.

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u/sybilsibyl 19d ago

The third external link on the wiki page has a test too