Jack comments on The New Yorker article on cognitive biases - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 14 June 2012 12:43:20AM *  2 points [-]

Out of 28 correlations 24 were positive and 17 were statistically significant, six of the 7 biases tested showed the relationship (the one that didn't isn't really a cognitive bias). For the Bias Blind spot composite score SATs were significant at p<.001, N=482. The authors are conservative in their assessment of the results. To provide some context West and Stanovich have spent the last decade examining correlations between intelligence and cognitive biases.