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+-   Why a high IQ doesn't mean you're smart-> on Wednesday November 04, @01:19AM D1gital_Prob3

Submitted by D1gital_Prob3 on Wednesday November 04, @01:19AM
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D1gital_Prob3 writes "...how can a "smart" person act foolishly? Keith Stanovich, professor of human development and applied psychology at the University of Toronto, Canada, has grappled with this apparent incongruity for 15 years. He says it applies to more people than you might think. To Stanovich, however, there is nothing incongruous about it. IQ tests are very good at measuring certain mental faculties, he says, including logic, abstract reasoning, learning ability and working-memory capacity — how much information you can hold in mind."
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