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/Rinas-the-name]

One of my husband’s friends is an aerospace engineer and one of the most air headed people I’ve ever met. He would wait until nearly everyone left because he could never find his car. He once rode his bike through the same exact puddle 3-4 times - going back to change clothes only to space out and get wet again (as an adult, biking to work). When trying to make a recipe he dumped every ingredient into one pan and then tried to seperate out the things he wasn’t supposed to have added yet.

He’s incredibly intelligent when it comes to mathematics and not much else.

[u/Madmanmangomenace → u/Rinas-the-name]

You can be so lost in thought that doing anything is dangerous. I really tried to avoid any serious thoughts when driving, because it's caused accidents before.

[u/Rinas-the-name → u/Madmanmangomenace]

I’m a deep thinker too, but in more creative ways. My autopilot works great… until it doesn’t. Definitely not while driving, using sharp objects, cooking/using fire. I have ADHD, so wrangling my brain into submission is hard. I really would rather spend all my focus on imagining scenarios that are unlikely, and solving problems in ways that would never actually be tried (because of greed).

If I was a multi billionaire I’d build a city for those who think big, but need adult supervision to do so. No driving, no cooking, focus on solving the world’s problems in new ways. Both experts and amateurs (because people who don’t know better sometime come up with good ideas that a pro never would). Then fund prototypes and trial runs of the best ideas.

I can dream.

[u/Madmanmangomenace → u/Rinas-the-name]

That's a pretty neat idea. I've long had the idea for a fleet of professional drivers bc everyone seems to do it so badly...

[u/ynwestrope → u/Madmanmangomenace]

Unfortunately, a lot of professional drivers are also not very good....

[u/Rinas-the-name → u/Madmanmangomenace]

Maybe we should make a modern version of street cars. Use an AI and a few people to coordinate stops and pickups. If no one drives crashes are unlikely. Optimize traffic patterns for different shifts and school times. Probably stagger when people start and get off work to minimize rush hour congestion. Possibly stagger days off too. Work two days, a day off, work two days, two days off. That way necessary businesses aren’t closed when people have time off. Parents could choose the best school schedule for their children that allows them solid time with them. More employment opportunities, better life work balance.

I always thought there should be high quality cafeteria style meals offered in several places in town (based on size of population). Some people are really good at and enjoy cooking large meals, If communities ate together regularly loneliness would be far less of an issue. I honestly think if people spent more time around those who were different there’d be less racism and bigotry - it’s hard to other people you see regularly.

I can imagine a dozen ways to improve life.