Believe It Or Not, Smarter People Are More Trusting Says New Study — forbes.com

A new study is giving the mistrustful among us something to consider: intelligence strongly correlates with generalized trust. “Generalized trust” in this case refers to a belief that most people can be trusted—that, on average, your fellow man or woman is probably a good egg. Before asking how this was determined, you might be wondering why a connection between intelligence and trust was investigated in the first place. As it turns out, a fair amount of research has been conducted on the topic, and perhaps surprisingly intelligence and trust appear to move in lockstep.

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