“I picked the one with more red jelly beans because it looked like there were more ways to get a winner, even though I knew there were also more whites, and that the percents were against me.”
I think that cognitive psychology experiments should be legally obliged to sterilize people like that. Think of the long term benefit. ;-)
I think that cognitive psychology experiments should be legally obliged to sterilize people like that. Think of the long term benefit. ;-)
Note that this is not a serious suggestion
Wait, rationality is genetic? Since when?
Possibly not, but the desire to sterilize inconvenient people probably is.
This raises a question: has anyone done twin studies to determine whether any aspects of rationality do have a genetic element?
IQ improves rationality somewhat, and IQ is genetic.
Furthermore, consider reasoning with a prior over the heritability coefficient.
I see—you’re right that I don’t have any data against heritability of rationality.
(And JoshuaZ will need to take the IQ into account when doing the twin studies.)