An interesting story but the differences seem immaterial. More to the point, if there is a difference it may well be a selection effect only; the default position in the United States is conservative and religious. As a result persons will default to that -- which means more people at the lower end of intellect will be "religious and conservative". A similar study in a nation where there is a different default could show a very different result.
My point is not to say conservatives are correct -- but their errors are not due to a lack of intellect.
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In new research bound to irk conservative geniuses, people with high IQs are deemed more likely to be liberal, monogamous non-believers than those who are less intelligent.
Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist from the London School of Economics and Political Science, says it makes sense biologically.
In an article for Social Psychology Quarterly, Kanazawa lays out facts based on U.S. data to support his theory. According to that research, young adults who identify as "not at all religious" had an average IQ of 103 as teens, while those who identified as "very religious" had an average IQ of 97.
Similarly, young adults who called themselves "very liberal" had an average IQ of 106 during adolescence, while those who identified themselves as "very conservative" had average IQs of 95.
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It's not that liberals and atheists are smarter, it's that smarter people tend to be liberals and atheists.
Liberals, if they were so smart as they suggest, should keep their traps shut lest they remove all doubt as to how smart they actually are.
Similar musings linking IQ and race sparked outrage about 15 to 20years ago. I suspect that religion won't be granted the same sensitivity here.
I recall a quote referencing young people and liberal tendencies and older people with conservative tendencies. Something about heart and mind. Considering this study uses young people as their subjects it's hardly surprising that smarter young people are more liberal. Does it bear out into the later years? And an average IQ of 103 vs 97 is hardly a screaming difference.
Rat, good point. Downes, I think we're better looking too!!!
One of the reason WWII was fought, was for this sort of belief about intelligence. Please stop participating in this sort of drivel.
The answer to your question is yes, but I tend to agree with the first & third Anonymous comments. We should keep it to ourselves, there is nothing to be gained by rubbing it in their faces,
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