Why Smart People Hold Stupid Beliefs - by Gurwinder

Intelligence is not rationality

"It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently." — Dostoevsky What causes delusion? The prevailing view is that people adopt false beliefs because they’re too stupid or ignorant to grasp the truth. But just as often, the opposite is true: many delusions prey not on dim minds but on bright ones. And this has serious implications for education, society, and you personally. In 2013 the Yale law professor Dan Kahan conducted experiments testing the effect of intelligence on ideological bias. In one study he scored people on intelligence using the “cognitive reflection test,”…

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