Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated

abandonconflict · Apr 25, 2012

In other words, you're dumb. Read the article if you can.

http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/are-liberals-smarter-than-conservatives

*EDIT* yes, the article is saying (gently but clearly) that progressives, liberals and atheists are smarter than their counterparts. (scientific studies cited)

abandonconflict · Apr 25, 2012

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/201003/why-liberals-are-more-intelligent-conservatives

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1968042,00.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100224132655.htm

Three more articles just to drive the point home. Keep in mind the authors are trying to be gentle about calling conservatives morons.

Hucklberry · Apr 25, 2012

abandonconflict said:
In other words, you're dumb. Read the article if you can.

http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/are-liberals-smarter-than-conservatives

I was a little confused at first with your post, but after reading the article it was clear you were talking to conservatives.

All I can say is Stupid is as Stupid does, vote democratic!

Politics wouldn't be quite so much fun without the Palins of the world.

abandonconflict · Apr 25, 2012

Hucklberry said:
I was a little confused at first with your post, but after reading the article it was clear you were talking to conservatives.

All I can say is Stupid is as Stupid does, vote democratic!

Politics wouldn't be quite so much fun without the Palins of the world.

Indubitably.

Harrekin · Apr 25, 2012

abandonconflict said:
Indubitably.

Are we talking American "Conservatives" (Aka the GOP) or are we talking Conservatives worldwide?

Are we talking Social Conservatives (well you don't need a "study" to know they're dumb) ? Are we talking Fiscal Conservatives?

Give us more details man, "Conservative" "Liberal" "Left" and "Right" all mean different things internationally

abandonconflict · Apr 25, 2012

Harrekin said:
Are we talking American "Conservatives" (Aka the GOP) or are we talking Conservatives worldwide?

Are we talking Social Conservatives (well you don't need a "study" to know they're dumb) ? Are we talking Fiscal Conservatives?

Give us more details man, "Conservative" "Liberal" "Left" and "Right" all mean different things internationally

The control groups for all the studies cited are in the US and Canada so I assume the articles refer to those countries as well.

UncleBuck · Apr 25, 2012

abandonconflict · Apr 25, 2012

Obviously we have an implication.

UncleBuck · Apr 25, 2012

abandonconflict said:

if you uncheck the box that says

Retrieve remote file and reference locally

you can make the image full size instead of a thumbnail. this needs to be seen.

Harrekin · Apr 25, 2012

Again tho, "middle of the road" surely doesn't mean Centrist? The kind of political philosophy that 99% of people are in reality but only like 0.5% of the people we vote for are? The kind of political philosophy that involves not having an ideological goal, only practical solutions to problems?

Or does it mean someone who's part Republican and part Democrat?

EDIT: "Centre" is know as "Liberal Conservatism" over your side apparently, "liberal"
on social issues, conservative in the free market sense and generally supportive of moderate social security, etc.

abandonconflict · Apr 25, 2012

yeah it isn't a big surprise though lmao

cliffey501 · Apr 25, 2012

abandonconflict · Apr 25, 2012

Just obvious examples of typical vs typical

Harrekin · Apr 25, 2012

Canna Sylvan said:
First of all, there are many conservative atheists because of humanist reasons.

I'm a economic and social liberal. For that reason I will side with Republicans over Democrats. I want to keep the shit I earned. If you Democrats want to steal it, go fuck yourselves. What, is Frothy going to watch my bed when I have anal sex with my wife? Get a life. How do I stop the Mack Daddy from stealing from me? I can't beg my boss to give me money that Kenyan garnished.

Btw, I score in the high 120s to mid 130s on IQ tests, which is two deviations above your median very liberal. So your charts suck.

By being an "Economic liberal" youre technically a "Fiscal Conservative"...see how backwards it gets? It's considered "Conservative" because it's the "traditional" model for the US before socialism started to rear its dirty head over there, which is considered "Liberal".

sync0s · Apr 25, 2012

abandonconflict said:
In other words, you're dumb. Read the article if you can.

http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/are-liberals-smarter-than-conservatives

*EDIT* yes, the article is saying (gently but clearly) that progressives, liberals and atheists are smarter than their counterparts. (scientific studies cited)

So, what do you think of this quote?

The second caveat is that social conservatives do not always vote for conservative candidates. Most black Americans, for example, clearly exhibit “the Conservative syndrome” as Stankov defined it—70 percent voted to abolish gay marriage in California—but they routinely give about 90 percent of their votes to the Democratic Party.

Keep posting articles from members of the Heritage Foundation. Any conservatives do that on this board and they are chastised, but if it promotes liberals (only if you read the beginning, btw) it gets quite an interesting response.

http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/r/jason-richwine

sync0s · Apr 25, 2012

Canna Sylvan said:
First of all, there are many conservative atheists because of humanist reasons.

I'm a economic and social liberal. For that reason I will side with Republicans over Democrats. I want to keep the shit I earned. If you Democrats want to steal it, go fuck yourselves. What, is Frothy going to watch my bed when I have anal sex with my wife? Get a life. How do I stop the Mack Daddy from stealing from me? I can't beg my boss to give me money that Kenyan garnished.

Btw, I score in the high 120s to mid 130s on IQ tests, which is two deviations above your median very liberal. So your charts suck.

First, IQ tests are not even referenced in the article (probably because smart people know they are completely scientifically inaccurate). Instead they use SAT scores and basic math and reading. Second, it is clearly stated that the intent is actually social conservatives.

deprave · Apr 25, 2012

abandonconflict said:
In other words, you're dumb. Read the article if you can.

http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/are-liberals-smarter-than-conservatives

*EDIT* yes, the article is saying (gently but clearly) that progressives, liberals and atheists are smarter than their counterparts. (scientific studies cited)

This has already been posted before, I see several columnist also have the inabillity to actually read the studies because thats not what most of these demostrate from my interpretation, If you would read the study yourself carefully you will see the same results are actually very clear. (not in this initial link which is vague and has little sources but the following post and the previous thread on this)

My interpretation and observation is that American Conservatives tend to be more rational thinkers while American Liberals are more logical, which is clearly pointed out in philosophical studies and also explains the results of these studies. It is important to have both ration and logic, however, logical people tend to think they are smarter than rational people because as an example they are usually better at mathmatics. It is simply different ways of thinking.

Harrekin · Apr 25, 2012

deprave said:
This has already been posted before, I see several columnist also have the inabillity to actually read the studies because thats not what most of these demostrate from my interpretation, If you would read the study yourself carefully you will see the same results are actually very clear. (not in this initial link which is vague and has little sources but the following post and the previous thread on this)

My interpretation and observation is that American Conservatives tend to be more rational thinkers while American Liberals are more logical, which is clearly pointed out in philosophical studies and also explains the results of these studies. It is important to have both ration and logic, however, logical people tend to think they are smarter than rational people because as an example they are usually better at mathmatics. It is simply different ways of thinking.

Rationale = Logic

kelly4 · Apr 25, 2012

Harrekin said:
Are we talking American "Conservatives" (Aka the GOP) or are we talking Conservatives worldwide?

Are we talking Social Conservatives (well you don't need a "study" to know they're dumb) ? Are we talking Fiscal Conservatives?

Give us more details man, "Conservative" "Liberal" "Left" and "Right" all mean different things internationally

WTF? Are you calling all American "Conservatives" a Republican? Because if you are, you're dead wrong.

I'm a very conservative American who would NEVER call myself a Republican!

abandonconflict · Apr 25, 2012

I didn't see too many mentions of either party in any of the articles. Look at the graph again.

Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated

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