AbookthatchallengescommonmisconceptionsaboutthenatureofintelligenceSatoshiKanazawa’sWhyBeautifulPeopleHaveMoreDaughters(writtenwithAlanS.Miller)washailedbytheLosAngelesTimesas““arollickingbitofpopsciencethatturnsthelensofevolutionarypsychologyonissuesoftheday.““ThatbookansweredsuchburningquestionsaswhywomentendtolustaftermaleswhoalreadyhavematesandwhynewbornslookmorelikeDadthanMom.NowKanazawatacklesthenatureofintelligence:whatitis,whatitdoes,whatitisgoodfor(ifanything).Highlyentertaining,smart(darewesayintelligent?),anddaringlycontrarian,TheIntelligenceParadoxwillprovideadeeperunderstandingofwhatintelligenceis,andwhatitmeansforusinourlives.Askswhymoreintelligentindividualsarenotbetter(andare,infact,oftenworse)thanlessintelligentindividualsinsolvingsomeofthemostimportantproblemsinlife--suchasfindingamate,raisingchildren,andmakingfriendsDiscusseswhyliberalsaremoreintelligentthanconservatives,whyatheistsaremoreintelligentthanthereligious,whymoreintelligentmenvaluemonogamy,whynightowlsaremoreintelligentthanmorninglarks,andwhyhomosexualsaremoreintelligentthanheterosexualsExploreshowthepurposeforwhichgeneralintelligenceevolved--solvingevolutionarilynovelproblems--allowsustoexplainwhyintelligentpeoplehavetheparticularvaluesandpreferencestheyhaveChallengingcommonmisconceptionsaboutthenatureofintelligence,thisbookofferssurprisinginsightsintothecutting-edgeofscienceattheintersectionofevolutionarypsychologyandintelligenceresearch.
