Just because someone has a sky-high IQ doesn’t necessarily mean that person is “smart,” at least according to a recent article in the New Scientist. The article author (as distinguished from yours truly, so please direct your political commentary elsewhere) uses President George W. Bush as the example of someone who is, inarguably, an intelligent person, with a reported IQ above 120. But when it comes to smarts, as in analytical thinking, problem-solving and the like, many faulted Bush for falling short. Writing for Scientific American, Keith Stanovich a psychologist at the University of Toronto calls that disconnect between intelligence and smarts, “dysrationalia.”

Stanovich, along with some other cognitive psychologists and researchers, thinks IQ testing is long overdue for a makeover since it doesn’t address types of critical thinking skills that make someone honest-to-goodness smart.