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/Foolishium 20d ago

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.

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u/SoldnerDoppel 20d ago

If it's diagnosable, it probably isn't good.
They aren't license to discriminate but something to treat and, where possible, mitigate.

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u/Foolishium 20d ago

Everything can be diagnosable as long as you categorize it as distinct condition.

Left-Handedness is something diagnosable, but there is nothing to treat or mitigate about that condition.

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u/SoldnerDoppel 20d ago

"Diagnosable" as in "described in the DSM-5".
Also, "probably" as in most of the diseases and disorders therein.
No, we don't need to sterilize psychopaths, but it's fair to recognize that they're not healthy.