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Entries from October 2015

Krugman’s Hyperrationality Confuses Critics

October 12th, 2015 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Paul Krugman used to be an economist. Today he writes for the NYTimes as “The Conscience of a Liberal”, which has his editorial commentaries generally aligning with popular folk economic beliefs. As one would expect, examples abound of apparent contradictions with what economist Krugman advocated 20 years ago, and what folk economist Krugman advocates today. […]

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When “Smart” Isn’t: Common Sense vs Dysrationalia

October 12th, 2015 · No Comments · Uncategorized

“Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.” – Alan Kay There has been a lot of ink (pixels?) spilled over the years regarding the phenomenon where (presumably) high IQ academics and/or intellectuals appear to be prone to profound and surprising errors in judgement. Clever sillies: why high IQ people tend to be deficient in common sense […]

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