心理學系講座: Why Intelligent People Do Unnatural Things
講者: Satoshi Kanazawa教授, 倫敦政治經濟學院教授
日期：2024年9月17日 (星期二)
時間：14:30 – 15:30
地點: E21B-G016
語言: 英語
內容: It is commonly, and unquestioningly, believed that intelligence is an unqualifiedly and universally positive trait. In this talk, Dr. Kanazawa challenges this common assumption and demonstrates that intelligent people are, in fact, evolutionarily not so smart. Because general intelligence evolved to solve evolutionarily novel problems, more intelligent individuals today are more likely to acquire and espouse evolutionarily novel preferences and values that our ancestors did not possess. This is why more intelligent people today are more likely to: be politically liberal in the United States; be an atheist; value sexual exclusivity (but only if they are male); be nocturnal night owls; listen to classical music; drink alcohol (and engage in binge drinking and get drunk); use psychoactive drugs; and have low fertility. Note: There will be a quiz at the end of the talk.
