[ExI] A Gedanken Rational Eugenics Experiment (AGREE)

[Anders Sandberg]

On 2013-10-27 18:42, Kelly Anderson wrote:
> Or it may be a wash... No serious academic has done a study showing 
> the opposite... i.e. that conservatives as a group are more 
> intelligent than liberals... which may be a case of who's doing such 
> studies... who knows?

There are some interesting results suggesting that it is more a matter 
of personality than intelligence. If you have a more fearful, neophobic 
personality you will be less likely to pursue open-ended learning and to 
prefer to cleave to tried and tested tradition. End result: 
conservatives would have somewhat lower education and IQ, despite the IQ 
not causing their conservatism.

A smarter population does not necessarily mean smarter politics. A less 
fearful population on the other hand is pretty likely to produce a more 
liberal political outlook.

(And if we could just block people's "sacred value" system somewhere in 
amygdala, they would all become libertarians! ;-)

-- 
Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University