What we mentioned last time about Howard Gardener's theory of multiintelligence, which mentioned that intelligence should be sorted in specific modelities rather than being dominated by a solely genral ability, reminded me of the experience that I built self-efficacy on how intelligent I showed based on scores of exams, such as mathematics or science tests. However, intelligence is not always directly related with reason, or sense (rational). Smart people might make silly desicions some times.
Traditonal intelligence quotient tests lack the decision making questions pertaining to real life, which leads to the phenomenon about "dysrationalia", which refers to the fact that an individual has pretty superior scores in IQ test but couldn't make rational decision in actual life. One of the reason leads to this might be the tendency that someone would solve the a problem using an easier approach, but in most cases that would be a wrong choice. When we encounter problems, we might choose the optimized plan to settle it from several possible cognitive mechanisms. Some of them could get high-accuracy answers for the problem, nevertheless it would be extrordinary demanding, like running very slowly, requiring high-focus thought, posing interactive effects on other cognitive tasks. Some cognitive mechanisms might be fast, deminding little attention wheras the proceesing capaticity is pretty low. The process is named shallow processing, in other words, it referes to the low-cost, effortless and easy mechanism in problem-solving.
Another possible explanation of making reasonless decision is the mindware gap, referring to lacking necessary, correct decision support system (DSS) to help us process and thinkg rationally. It could be referred to the "Mindware Gap" chapter of the book What intelligence tests miss : the psychology of rational thoughtof Keith E. Stanovic.
Some cognitive competence could be evaluate independently with other capacities. In other words, intelligence and rational thinking, to some extent, is seperated. People who show more intelligent do not seem to be more rational than people who show less. Maybe intelligence is inherited, while rational thinking could be cultivated, or shaped by training. The "smart" impression of someone is not solely presented by the "intellegence" part, but is combined with how much information/knowledge the person integrates, how educated or articulated is the speech delivered, mode of thinking and other various, comprehensive aspects.
Knowledge, is a key aspect of becoming more "sharp", but not limited to that. What we need more is to think rationally. Knowledge is just fabric. But how you wear it is the point.
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