Do the birds and bees need cognitive reform?

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23 (5):666-667 (2000)
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Stanovich & West argue that their observed positive correlations between performance of reasoning tasks and intelligence strengthen the standing of normative rules for determining rationality. I question this argument. Violations of normative rules by cognitively humble creatures in their natural environments are more of a problem for normative rules than for the creatures.

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