I think a study to determine the life achievement of people  that are rational thinkers with a large amount of intellectual courage, that structure their lives to actually  match their conceptual beliefs versus the group of irrational people that follow group think, group identification, instant gratification, and unprincipled life would be a better comparison.<br>There are so many otherwise smart people that know so much that happens to be nonsense or useless trivia.  I would suggest that a rational thinker in general, will outperform all others in life.<br> There are so many specious arguments offered as wisdom or common sense which are misleading people into making bad choices. <br>Also, the entire scientific community is biased to preserve the status quo long after their theory has been debunked just to keep tenure and grant money coming.  What a waste of human potential.