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Psychology distinguishes rationality and intelligence as two separate concepts. You can be highly intelligent but not very rational.
by read 12y ago
Psychology distinguishes rationality and intelligence as two separate concepts. You can be highly intelligent but not very rational.
- rkrzr 12y agoThanks for pointing this out. Even though I read Kahneman's "Thinking fast and slow", I did not truly understand that intelligence and rationality are orthogonal concepts. I've always implicitly assumed that intelligence is strongly correlated with rationality, but it seems there is a mild correlation at best: " it is a mild predictor at best, and some rational thinking skills are totally dissociated from intelligence"[0] [0]http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rationality-versus-intelligence http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rationality-vers...
- ekm2 12y agoHence the value of meditation.[1] [1]. http://www.alternet.org/story/152011/how_meditation_makes_you_more_rational http://www.alternet.org/story/152011/how_meditation_makes_yo...