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    1. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 23 Mar 2019
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      High intelligence is associated with self-reported prosocial behavior in daily life and the tendency to self-identify as a "moral person." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289618301466 … I'd like to see that validated wih real-life behavior.pic.twitter.com/omsiLT3rC2

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    2. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 23 Mar 2019
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      The higher the IQ, the lower the rate of violent felonies. Violent felonies are about as immoral as anything gets. That's one bit of evidence.

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    3. David Schmitt‏ @PsychoSchmitt 23 Mar 2019
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      sex offenses (esp against children), too http://www.binik-lab.com/pdf/16.pdf pic.twitter.com/FLwrtrzkdU

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    4. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 23 Mar 2019
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      Be that as it may be: A moral person is a multifaceted phenomenon that encompasses many, possibly contradictory behaviors (eg, being nice to the needy, unnice to the unjust) & can't be validated with one measure. Also, offending is confounded, I'd like to see everyday behaviors.

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    5. Brent W. Roberts‏ @BrentWRoberts 23 Mar 2019
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      Not "real behavior", but adolescent IQ has a positive relation with self-reported counterproductive work behavior at age 26--see Table 5https://bit.ly/2WjqVsk 

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      Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 23 Mar 2019
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      The original paper draws its conclusion from asking about behaviors in a variety of real life behaviors. But self reports are BAD. I want the self reports validated in a broad, representative sample of situations, eg does IQ impact stopping for a driver who has a car breakdown?

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        2. Brent W. Roberts‏ @BrentWRoberts 23 Mar 2019
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          I agree, however, ironically, self-reports of delinquency are considered more valid than "objective" measures because the latter fail to catch most of the bad behavior. In the case of IQ I see no reason why it would be assumed to be related to positive behaviors.

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        3. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 23 Mar 2019
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          I stumbled on the problem of measuring prosociality/morality reviewing research on moral differences between atheists and the religious. You need a broad sample of disparate measures. If you take just offending, the religious might actually be on top. Which doesn't hold water.

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        1. David Schmitt‏ @PsychoSchmitt 23 Mar 2019
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          ample evidence shows not all self-reports BAD. this case, w/moral behavior, am concerned w/social desirability & self-deception biases playing significant roles. here's a study finding high IQ = more cheating behavior (but only if also low religious) https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10551-007-9576-0.pdf …pic.twitter.com/FRYRLr1x6Y

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