Study: Clever people are more trustworthy!
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 13-03-2014
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'Intelligence is shown to be linked with trusting others, even after taking into account factors like marital status, education and income,' said lead author Noah Carl, from Oxford University's Department of Sociology.
'This finding supports what other researchers have argued, namely that being a good judge of character is a distinct part of human intelligence which evolved through natural selection. However, there are other possible interpretations of the evidence, and further research is needed to disentangle them.'