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Why a High IQ Doesn't Mean You're Smart
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."
There is a huge difference between being intelligent and having experience. The smartest 5 year old in the world may not be able to explain why you wait for someone to turn left before you go, even though they have their turn signal on!
That, or US voters. How can such a highly educated, technologically advanced citizenry lose all sense when it steps into the voting booth?
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