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Europhysics News
Volume 45, Number 4, July-August 2014
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| Page(s) | 21 - 23 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2014402 | |
| Published online | 22 August 2014 | |
Mental ability and common sense in an artificial society
AGH University of Science and Technology – Faculty of Physics and Applied
Computer Science – al. Mickiewicza 30 30-059 Kraków, Poland
* Email: malarz@agh.edu.pl
** Email: kulakowski@fis.agh.edu.pl
Having equally valid premises pro and contra, what does a rational human being prefer? The answer is: nothing. We designed a test of this kind and applied it to an artificial society, characterized by a given level of mental ability. A stream of messages from media is supplemented by ongoing interpersonal communication. The result is that high ability leads to wellbalanced opinions, while low ability produces extreme opinions.
© European Physical Society, EDP Sciences, 2014
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