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General Intelligence Won't Be Enough to Prevent Ecological Disasters, UCF Study Finds
https://today.ucf.edu/general-intelligence-wont-enough-prevent-ecological-disasters-ucf-study-finds/General Intelligence Won’t Be Enough to Prevent Ecological Disasters, UCF Study Finds
The findings could help identify why some groups better manage shared resources, such as water, than others.
By Robert Wells | February 21, 2019
High IQs aren’t going to be enough to stop an ecological disaster. It’s going to take social intelligence, too.
That’s the conclusion of a new study co-authored by a University of Central Florida researcher and published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications.
The findings could help identify why some groups better manage shared resources, such as water or fisheries, than others. And as Earth’s population is growing at a rate that is putting a strain on resources, finding ways to better manage them is critical.
“Especially in the case of common property, there is often an inbuilt tension between what is good for the individual and what is good for the group,” says Jacopo Baggio, an assistant professor in UCF’s Department of Political Science and lead author of the study.
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08549-8The findings could help identify why some groups better manage shared resources, such as water, than others.
By Robert Wells | February 21, 2019
High IQs aren’t going to be enough to stop an ecological disaster. It’s going to take social intelligence, too.
That’s the conclusion of a new study co-authored by a University of Central Florida researcher and published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications.
The findings could help identify why some groups better manage shared resources, such as water or fisheries, than others. And as Earth’s population is growing at a rate that is putting a strain on resources, finding ways to better manage them is critical.
“Especially in the case of common property, there is often an inbuilt tension between what is good for the individual and what is good for the group,” says Jacopo Baggio, an assistant professor in UCF’s Department of Political Science and lead author of the study.
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