[lbo-talk] The New Yorker: Research Shows That the Smarter People Are, the More Susceptible They Are to Cognitive Bias

Tony Rolfe mr.tony.rolfe at gmail.com
Wed Jun 13 08:14:56 PDT 2012


I guess I should be worried when I see curriculum recently added to the CFA exam making its way to broader pop psychology. When you start getting sold "behaviourally adjusted ETFs" don't say I didn't warn you.

On 6/13/12, Alan P. Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:
> wait, you just used a study by smart people to undermine studies about smart
> people… heheheheh.
> I'd imagine the core issue is that "smart" is as BS a category as
> imaginable…
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> On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Joseph Catron wrote:
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>> Something to keep in mind the next time you see a study purporting to
>> demonstrate the characteristics associated with "smart" people:
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>> http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/daniel-kahneman-bias-studies.html
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