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The smarter you are, the more you succumb to bias

Cool stuff. Having enjoyed a lot of mathematical education over the course of my life, I can definately say that if I am convinced of a point of view, people have to try really hard evidence based to prove me wrong. I won't value their "opinions" very often.
Brings me into trouble with the other gender more often than not.
 
So the KKK is made up of geniuses?
 
Makes sense. If you think you know something, you look for evidence to back you up, not evidence to show truth.

If you don't think you know something, you look for truth.

The whole humility, educated over non-educated bit comes in here.
 
green said:
Makes sense. If you think you know something, you look for evidence to back you up, not evidence to show truth.

If you don't think you know something, you look for truth.

The whole humility, educated over non-educated bit comes in here.
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Anecdotally this doesn't hold up. My FIL and most of his family are rednecks supreme, not much intelligence in the entire group besides his daughter, who got the lion's share, and he is as biased as they come with no thought to anything but what he thinks is the truth. He will not consider for one second any other viewpoint than his own regardless of subject. All unions are good and should run the country, all business of every kind is evil, democrats are all evil (of course this has become the defacto stance of both sides really), Christians are the only good people and only my FIL can tell you who the real Christians are (hint: it's not the mormons). Did you see the waterboy? Basically he is a male version of the mother, without the redemption at the end.

You know, maybe that means he is a closet genius! Wow.


Ummm, no. No it doesn't.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Anecdotally this doesn't hold up. My FIL and most of his family are rednecks supreme, not much intelligence in the entire group besides his daughter, who got the lion's share, and he is as biased as they come with no thought to anything but what he thinks is the truth. He will not consider for one second any other viewpoint than his own regardless of subject. All unions are good and should run the country, all business of every kind is evil, democrats are all evil (of course this has become the defacto stance of both sides really), Christians are the only good people and only my FIL can tell you who the real Christians are (hint: it's not the mormons). Did you see the waterboy? Basically he is a male version of the mother, without the redemption at the end.

You know, maybe that means he is a closet genius! Wow.


Ummm, no. No it doesn't.
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I only have 2 things to say about that:

1) That interpretation is probably not valid from both directions. Only the direction when you know someone is being seen as smart(educated, talented) by society.

2) There's exceptions to every rule/observation:
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LogGrad98 said:
Anecdotally this doesn't hold up. My FIL and most of his family are rednecks supreme, not much intelligence in the entire group besides his daughter, who got the lion's share, and he is as biased as they come with no thought to anything but what he thinks is the truth. He will not consider for one second any other viewpoint than his own regardless of subject. All unions are good and should run the country, all business of every kind is evil, democrats are all evil (of course this has become the defacto stance of both sides really), Christians are the only good people and only my FIL can tell you who the real Christians are (hint: it's not the mormons). Did you see the waterboy? Basically he is a male version of the mother, without the redemption at the end.

You know, maybe that means he is a closet genius! Wow.


Ummm, no. No it doesn't.
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What does any of that have to do with correctly or incorrectly interpreting the results of a scientific study?
 
It's logical overall and might overlap with the real life situations.

But still there would be a lot of exceptions. Besides, isn't it again down to what do you understand from smartness or intelligence etc. The study may do some definitions for itself but how it expands into the real life, I'd have doubts.

A very smart guy to make a great example would be James Randi. Even though he is extremely self confident with his notions, he is still open minded as they come. He is a great mind with a proud confidence but, I'd say he would still ace any tests like this one.
 
One Brow said:
What does any of that have to do with correctly or incorrectly interpreting the results of a scientific study?
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Nothing. I said at the beginning "anecdotally". Has more to do with the title of the thread. And it was far more interesting than the study or blog, tbh.
 
So tying into another recent thread, I am lurking.

:)
 
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