Is George W Bush stupid? It’s a question that occupied a good many minds of all political persuasions during his turbulent eight-year presidency. The strict answer is no. Bush’s IQ score is estimated to be above 120, which suggests an intelligence in the top 10 per cent of the population. But this, surely, does not tell the whole story. Even those sympathetic to the former president have acknowledged that as a thinker and decision-maker he is not all there.

IQ SCORES have long been regarded with suspicion, and now there turns out to be another reason to be sceptical about them. Among the attributes that IQ tests fail to capture is our capacity for rational decision-making. Link to the full article in today’s New Scientist

Source: New Scientist