Why Smart People Are Stupid

By artappraiser on Sat, 06/16/2012 - 9:22pm |

By Jonah Lehrer, Frontal Cortex blog @ newyorker.com

Studies show that humans are not nearly as intelligent and rational as we like to believe. What gives?

Excerpt:

A new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology led by Richard West at James Madison University and Keith Stanovich at the University of Toronto suggests that, in many instances, smarter people are more vulnerable to these thinking errors. Although we assume that intelligence is a buffer against bias—that’s why those with higher S.A.T. scores think they are less prone to these universal thinking mistakes—it can actually be a subtle curse.

URL:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/daniel-kahneman-bias-studies.html