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The thesis put forward by the author in defence of Daniel Kahneman would be less supportable if which of the following were true?

1. Success of rational judgments is imperfectly correlated with intelligence.
2. A reliable test to measure rational decision-making skills cannot be constructed.
3. If institutions and government devoted more funds and attention to the development of intelligence.
4. Failure of rational judgments is imperfectly correlated with intelligence.

Correct answer: Failure of rational judgments is imperfectly correlated with intelligence.

Solution

The author’s thesis in defence of Kahneman is that intelligence and rational judgment are not perfectly aligned. If failure of rational judgments were imperfectly correlated with intelligence, it would weaken the argument that rationality is distinct from intelligence. Hence, that option makes the thesis less supportable.

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