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/randylush]

The problem is with physics, things are pretty concrete. You can be right or wrong, and it’s fairly easy to get a consensus on how things work.

With psychology, unfortunately people will push their ideology all the way down to the science. People are very wary to admit that there is a genetic component of intelligence or even just mental health, for fear of being labeled a eugenist.

This would be like being afraid to admit that uranium-235 is fissile because of the implications.

[u/lil_kleintje → u/randylush]

This kind of approach is already delivering some insane results in tech industry environment: rationalists, zizians, yarvinists, Musk/Thiel&Co... who knows what else is brewing.