r/science • u/mvea 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/Sinai 19d ago
That's the great thing about quantitative testing, because you can show exactly how much more often dumb people make of wrong decisions in different situations, and then you have learned something about how much more or less intelligence matters in different situations.