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Intelligence Study Links Low I.Q. To Prejudice, Racism, Conservatism

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Flummoxed Lummox:
More science to back up what I said in an earlier thread. I can't wait to read the ad hominem attacks on the scientist, because conservatives can't legitimately refute the data.

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Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the answer to both questions may be a qualified yes.

The study, published in Psychological Science, showed that people who score low on I.Q. tests in childhood are more likely to develop prejudiced beliefs and socially conservative politics in adulthood.

I.Q., or intelligence quotient, is a score determined by standardized tests, but whether the tests truly reveal intelligence remains a topic of hot debate among psychologists.

Dr. Gordon Hodson, a professor of psychology at the university and the study's lead author, said the finding represented evidence of a vicious cycle: People of low intelligence gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, which stress resistance to change and, in turn, prejudice, he told LiveScience.

Why might less intelligent people be drawn to conservative ideologies? Because such ideologies feature "structure and order" that make it easier to comprehend a complicated world, Dodson said. "Unfortunately, many of these features can also contribute to prejudice," he added.

Dr. Brian Nosek, a University of Virginia psychologist, echoed those sentiments.

"Reality is complicated and messy," he told The Huffington Post in an email. "Ideologies get rid of the messiness and impose a simpler solution. So, it may not be surprising that people with less cognitive capacity will be attracted to simplifying ideologies."

But Nosek said less intelligent types might be attracted to liberal "simplifying ideologies" as well as conservative ones.

In any case, the study has taken the Internet by storm, with some outspoken liberals saying that it validates their suspicions about conservatives and conservatives arguing that the research has been misinterpreted.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/intelligence-study-links-prejudice_n_1237796.html

Wanna bet this guy isn't voting for Obama?

Charleston:
Before you know it, they will link it to Christianity.  The academic and liberal elitist are very bold with the statements to the media and will say or publish anything to belittle their opposition.  They can't win on the issues so they attack the character of their opponents.  It is almost the only strategy they have.  The other is lying.  

Jeremy Roenick:
 /Philly/ /Philly/ /Philly/ /Philly/ /Philly/ /Philly/

Science!  Science! (In my best Jim Mora inflection).   Like science is absolute....   /ROFLMAO/

Flummoxed Lummox:
Quote from: Charleston on February 01, 2012, 10:27:33 PM

Before you know it, they will link it to Christianity.  The academic and liberal elitist are very bold with the statements to the media and will say or publish anything to belittle their opposition.  They can't win on the issues so they attack the character of their opponents.  It is almost the only strategy they have.  The other is lying.  


Oh please. The studies have nothing to do with religion. There are both conservatives and liberals who practice any number of religions, including Christianity. Not everyone is a conservative, fundamentalist Southern Baptist. There are liberal Christians. Jesus was the first liberal of your faith.

And, as expected, rather than refute the data, you guys make sweeping ad hominem attacks on the scientists who investigate these questions.

Sasquatch:
Yet your other "scientist" told us black women are ugly. Brilliant observation and not the least bit racist!

The best part of the article you linked from the huff post:

What do you think? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent? Or is this just political opinion masquerading as science?

I think the 2nd part of that statement pretty well sums it up.  /?/

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