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Having been scarred for life from accidental exposure to the drivel of dozens of cryptocurrency "thought leaders," I think the authors may have chosen prosocial behavior as the wrong correlation.

Here are some alternatives that might correlate well to lack of BS-sensitivity and attraction to profound-sounding fluff:

- ability to solve quantitative reasoning problems

- ability to use deductive logic

- likelihood to take unnecessary risks for minimal rewards

- likelihood to change one's mind in face of new information




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