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.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/twin-study-suggests-rationality-and-intelligence-share-the-same-genetic-roots/

[u/[deleted]]

People like to pretend we are the one animal not behaviorally influenced by our genetics but we are, we know behavior traits can be selected for in various species the problem is a matter of a choice and we as a people need to choose not to engage in legally enforced Eugenics in people while still acknowledging reality that we don't know what we don't know and allowing research to proceed so we can perhaps still find treatments for problematic behaviors that may have a genetic or epigenetic component.

[u/Foolishium → u/[deleted]]

Ok, how we categorize "Problematic" behavior? Is "Autism" problematic behavior? Is "Schizoid" a problematic behavior? Is "Narcissicsm" a problematic behavior?

To even entertain behavioral genetic engineering to cure "problematic" behavior is more problematic than those "problematic" behavior themselves.

[u/RudeHero → u/Foolishium]

I feel like "problematic" might be the wrong word. I might suggest "distressing" instead.

Some conditions in the DSM (I'm sorry, I won't look up examples, but I know for sure it is applied to addictions) say "in order to have this condition, patient must have X of Y symptoms/behaviors from this list... and it makes them unhappy and/or interferes with their life. Distressing

So some rubric like that

[u/Foolishium → u/RudeHero]

I agree. If they dislike their own behaviour, then they should be able to get help to change themselves.