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A standardized test for 'wisdom' as quoted below seems possible and worth developing. In addition to personal self-improvement, a lot of companies would be inte
by nopinsight 11y ago
A standardized test for 'wisdom' as quoted below seems possible and worth developing. In addition to personal self-improvement, a lot of companies would be interested. Does anyone here know of any such tests?
> In one experiment, Grossmann presented his volunteers with different social dilemmas – ranging from what to do about the war in Crimea to heartfelt crises disclosed to Dear Abby, the Washington Post’s agony aunt. As the volunteers talked, a panel of psychologists judged their reasoning and weakness to bias: whether it was a rounded argument, whether the candidates were ready to admit the limits of their knowledge – their “intellectual humility” – and whether they were ignoring important details that didn’t fit their theory.
> High scores turned out to predict greater life satisfaction, relationship quality, and, crucially, reduced anxiety and rumination – all the qualities that seem to be absent in classically smart people. Wiser reasoning even seemed to ensure a longer life – those with the higher scores were less likely to die over intervening years. Crucially, Grossmann found that IQ was not related to any of these measures, and certainly didn’t predict greater wisdom. “People who are very sharp may generate, very quickly, arguments [for] why their claims are the correct ones – but may do it in a very biased fashion.”
- natosaichek 11y agoThis was also one of the more interesting tidbits for me. I'd love to see such a test. I wonder if it's easier to 'pass' or get a high score on a test like this in a written format rather than the real life type scenarios typically encountered where its not obvious that one is being tested.