Alex K. Chen's Shortform

LESSWRONG

7th Aug 2023

1 min read

This is a special post for quick takes by Alex K. Chen (StochasticCockatoo). Only they can create top-level comments. Comments here also appear on the Quick Takes page and All Posts page.

Rendering 0/17 comments, sorted by

(show all) Click to highlight new comments since: Today at 7:58 PM

Curated and popular this week

7th Aug 2023

1 min read

This is a special post for quick takes by Alex K. Chen (StochasticCockatoo). Only they can create top-level comments. Comments here also appear on the Quick Takes page and All Posts page.

Rendering 0/17 comments, sorted by

(show all) Click to highlight new comments since: Today at 7:58 PM

Curated and popular this week

Alex K. Chen's Shortform — LessWrong

Comment Permalink

Timothy Bates: "New finding: Rationality is what IQ tests measure."

https://x.com/timothycbates/status/1873031064039387560

If that's true, how do they explain Mensa, or all those smart people who believe in religion, homeopathy, etc?

My guesses:

the human average is horribly low, IQ 130 is still pretty stupid, rationality starts maybe at IQ 160
irrational high-IQ people are rare but visible; you mostly don't notice rational people unless they want it