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I'd reckon it has to do with the person's ability to analyze the facts of a situation and apply it to decision making. I wouldn't want a dentist to look at my t
by sangaya 18y ago
I'd reckon it has to do with the person's ability to analyze the facts of a situation and apply it to decision making. I wouldn't want a dentist to look at my teeth and incorrectly decide that a root canal should be performed when a more accurate analysis of the facts would suggest a simple filling.
In the Tax Code case the person should be intelligent enough to know that they don't understand the tax code rather than pretend they do and continue to make poor decisions because of it. This personality trait may lead them to fail to acknowledge a lack of understanding when it comes to a certain dental procedure, but rather than educate themselves, they go ahead and make an incorrect decision.
I think the skill of general intelligence does indeed transfer from tax code to dentistry.
- aaronblohowiak 18y agoIf you can create a model of "general intelligence" that is a consistent predictor of cross-domain success (and not simply an aggregate or derivative measure, like "g" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_intelligence_factor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_intelligence_factor ), then you could really make a name for yourself, not only in psychology but also in artificial intelligence. It seems that the crux of your argument is "the dentist should have known that she did not know the tax code well, and was unqualified to make the decision." One of the most common failings of the human mind is to over estimate the skill level of the self ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_effect )