228. The Intelligence Trap & Evidence-Based Wisdom
Channel: THUNK
Date: 2022-09-04

We often look to intelligent individuals to provide us with insight & guidance, but if you ask science writer David Robson, intelligence isn’t just the wrong barometer for good decision-making, it may lead to *worse* decisions!

-Links for the Curious-

The Intelligence Trap, by David Robson - https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/The-Intelligence-Trap---Why-Smart-People-Make-Dumb-Mistakes-9780393651423

The Evidence-Based Wisdom Blog - https://evidencebasedwisdom.com/

Decision-Making Competence: More Than Intelligence? (Bruin et al, 2020) - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0963721420901592

A Route to Well-being: Intelligence vs. Wise Reasoning (Grossman et al, 2014) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594053/pdf/nihms422604.pdf 

Confirmatory factor analysis of the Sternberg Triarchic Abilities Test in three international samples: An empirical test of the triarchic theory of intelligence (Sternberg et al, 2001) - https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-14900-001 

Insensitivity to future consequences following damage to human prefrontal cortex (Bechara, Damasio et al,, 1994) - https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.407.9471&rep=rep1&type=pdf

The Iowa Gambling Task and the somatic marker hypothesis: some questions and answers (Bechara, Damasio et al,, 2005) - https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.137.6124&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Deciding Advantageously Before Knowing the
Advantageous Strategy (Bechara, Damasio et al, 1997) - https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~dana/Damasio2.pdf


Neil deGrasse Tyson Has a Critically Important Message for Americans - https://futurism.com/watch-neil-degrasse-tyson-has-a-critically-important-message-for-americans

Bill Gates: Japan can play big role in fight against infectious diseases | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News - https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220820_02/

Bill Gates reveals his involvement in pushing through climate bill in interview with Bloomberg | Fox News - https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-gates-reveals-involvement-pushing-through-climate-bill-interview-bloomberg

IAmA 74-time Jeopardy! champion, Ken Jennings. I will not be answering in the form of a question. - https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/fwpzj/iama_74time_jeopardy_champion_ken_jennings_i_will/

Bill Gates, Big Pharma and entrenching the vaccine apartheid - The Mail & Guardian - https://mg.co.za/coronavirus-essentials/2021-01-30-bill-gates-big-pharma-and-entrenching-the-vaccine-apartheid/

Why Socialism? (Einstein, 1949) - https://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism/

Cocktail party ideas (Dan Luu) - https://danluu.com/cocktail-ideas/