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Dec 22, 2015 · Psychologists reveal the 'three different types of stupidity' A new study has found that there are three main categories of foolish behaviour – confident ignorance, lack of control and...
- Hardeep Matharu
It may sound like an insensitive statement, but the cold hard truth is that there are a lot of stupid people in the world, and their stupidity presents a constant danger to others. Some of...
Jul 10, 2012 · SMART NEWS. Is There a Gene That Makes People Stupid? Rather than looking for the genetic regions responsible for a person’s high IQ, maybe we should be looking for the opposite: the root of...
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- Don't Equate IQ with Intelligence
- Be Alert For The Difference Between Lies and 'Bullshit'
- Develop Critical Thinking Skills
- Beware Judging Others Too Quickly
- Self-Reflection Goes A Long Way
We need to discard the widely held belief that a high IQ and rationality go hand-in-hand, argues David Robson, author of The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes. He says while intelligence quotient (IQ) tests have become the benchmark for smarts, they're highly selective and only measure one's ability for certain kinds of abstrac...
For the University of Warwick's Quassim Cassam, it's important to understand the nature of mistruth. His arguments draw on the work of US philosopher Harry Frankfurt whose famous 1970s theory of "bullshit" focused on the nature of deception. Mr Frankfurt's theory was that the truth-teller and the liar share a common trait – both actually care about...
One way to increase accountability, David Robson maintains, is by the promotion of critical thinking skills, basic strategies that help people interrogate all manner of facts and data. "If people lack those critical thinking skills and they are exposed to misinformation, then correcting that misinformation is a really difficult job, because once th...
The Lowy Institute's Sam Roggeveen argues against being too quick to label others. What may seem ignorant to one person may be entirely rational to another. Dr Roggeveen, who focuses on politics and strategic studies, says we sometimes develop systems that inadvertently encourage people to switch off, rather than engage. He cites the modern two-par...
Swedish academic Mats Alvesson says more critical reflection is what's required. He researches "functional stupidity", where buzz phrases and supposedly innovative ideas take hold in a firm or bureaucracy even when almost everyone involved knows that it's all nonsense. Such "stupidity" is now commonplace in our modern mission-statement-driven world...
- Antony Funnell
Jan 1, 2016 · The Art of Being Stupid. Sometimes being dumb can pay off. Posted January 1, 2016. We are continually encouraged to become smarter — to gain IQ points, to work smarter, to raise more...
Mar 26, 2024 · Published: March 26, 2024 12:04pm EDT. Stupid actions can be caused by a defiance of logic or poverty of mind. Getty Images. This is an edited version of by Insead Knowledge. Neuroscience ...
Oct 4, 2020 · Are Americans Just Stupid? Anti-intellectualism has little to do with intelligence. Posted October 4, 2020|Reviewed by Matt Huston. Key points. It's difficult to find any objective measurements...
