Social conservativism correlated with lower intelligence

SweetChildofMine

My brian works fine too.


Most days.

Cosmo

That little mis-spelling Spam Mail has been debunked. If the mind can read and understand the language as long as the first and last letters are in place... such as the following:
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Then, you should not have a problem reading the following:
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It's a fun little game... but, it really doesn't mean anything.

pandora

I love everyone ... I must be a freakin genius

and this study seems really dumb :? or is that just cause I am a freakin genius

Life experiences and our role models would be a much better gauge of bias than our IQ

these studies lately ... please tell me no tax dollars go for this crap ...
somebody has way too much money... must be the geniuses

and ya don't have to be a genius to see why this was posted

gettin tacky ... wacky

cincybearcat

whygohome wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

he still stands wrote:

But there are other possible explanations that fit the data. For example, Nosek said, a study of left-wing liberals with stereotypically naïve views like "every kid is a genius in his or her own way," might find that people who hold these attitudes are also less bright. In other words, it might not be a particular ideology that is linked to stupidity, but extremist views in general.

This makes sense.

It makes sense to me that people with a lower level of education/intelligence are more likely to rely on their direct environment and keep the cycle going.

Why is it only left-wing liberals who have those views. I am a moderate lefty and I think most kids are stupid.

That wasn't the point of that section nor mine. I wanted to include the first sentence of the original quote, so it grabbed that part too.

The point being that extremist views are linked to stupidity.

Cosmo

cincybearcat wrote:

The point being that extremist views are linked to stupidity.

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I think this says it all.
Extremism... in anything... tends to stifle reasoning and logic and forms everything on gut feeling, rather than rational thought.
That is why radical Anarchists or Right Wing birthers or Islamic Fundamentalists or Westboro Baptist Church goers all ignore anything outside their core beliefs. Belief, that in their minds, is truth.

whygohome

cincybearcat wrote:

That wasn't the point of that section nor mine. I wanted to include the first sentence of the original quote, so it grabbed that part too.

The point being that extremist views are linked to stupidity.

I'm aware

whygohome

Cosmo wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

The point being that extremist views are linked to stupidity.

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I think this says it all.
Extremism... in anything... tends to stifle reasoning and logic and forms everything on gut feeling, rather than rational thought.
That is why radical Anarchists or Right Wing birthers or Islamic Fundamentalists or Westboro Baptist Church goers all ignore anything outside their core beliefs. Beflief, that in their minds, is truth.

And that is a clear sign of stupidity

pandora

I see stupid ignorant people that are biased

Cosmo

Dman moirrrs.
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So, by leaving the first and last letters in place works for simple words and basic ideas, it gets a bit tougher to decipher the scrambled letters in between.

Go Beavers

cincybearcat wrote:

The point being that extremist views are linked to stupidity.

There's no reference to extremist views. From the OP, for example, like whether or not you agree with "I wouldn't mind working with people from other races." That's not extremist, it's just designed to reveal prejudice. The point of the OP is that there's a correlation between having a low IQ, being conservative, and being prejudice. Too add to it, the less education someone has, the more likely they are to vote Republican.

brianlux

he still stands wrote:

edit: changed title to be less confrontational. I'm still working on the "middle way" as the Tao says. :ugeek:

hey, it's science. I'm just the messenger.

This sounds like good Train stuff to me. Very helpful toward restoring Social Conservation (as in -ation not -ativism).

Byrnzie

MayDay Malone wrote:

josevolution wrote:

That means the whole tea party

Brilliant response. Let's just name call and label entire groups of people like immature children.

Thess threads slant toward the lowest common denominator....

"You're dumb."

"No, YOU are."

"No, I'm not- You are!"


Geez...

Did something touch a nerve?

pandora

I find it so funny, this thread... irony at its best and who are the biased unintelligent?

The ones claiming the others are of course

good going

fear4freedom

im a racist cause im a tea partier and im stupid! im sure dumb liberals have a special compassion gene that deflects thoughts in their brains of seeing color in people and judging others! My African girlfriend loves and laughs at these posts! She cant believe it! I grew up in a very liberal land and a very liberal family, and I remember many of them being dumb and racist! Racism is a Human condition that exists everywhere no matter your race, class or creed! Anyone who believes articles like this, must check themselves first! Its almost what they WANT TO BELIEVE! LOL Cmon people.....i have witnessed my whole childhood...liberal racists everywhere! In the 60's and before....it was all Democrats that were racists! They started the KKK!
Read up on History and facts people!! Learn and live and accept THE TRUTH!

he still stands

if you view yourself and others like you as morally and spiritually superior than any other subgroup, and furthermore you think that gives you a right to tell others how to behave in society or in their bedrooms, you are a social conservative. I think it is pretty easy to infer that lower intelligence (and I certainly think a sort of neurosis) is a prequisitie to this ethnocentric viewpoint on the private lives of others. It seems like we should have gotten past social conservatism in the 50's when black people were able to drink from the same fountain as me...

SweetChildofMine

he still stands wrote:

if you view yourself and others like you as morally and spiritually superior than any other subgroup, and furthermore you think that gives you a right to tell others how to behave in society or in their bedrooms, you are a social conservative. I think it is pretty easy to infer that lower intelligence (and I certainly think a sort of neurosis) is a prequisitie to this ethnocentric viewpoint on the private lives of others. It seems like we should have gotten past social conservatism in the 50's when black people were able to drink from the same fountain as me...

Well thats the thing. when you start feeling to be "superior" to others that when its time to be the most humble and understanding. Its a terrible contradiction when you should be a empathetic life teacher to others rather than a "moral" fascist.

he still stands

SweetChildofMine wrote:

he still stands wrote:

if you view yourself and others like you as morally and spiritually superior than any other subgroup, and furthermore you think that gives you a right to tell others how to behave in society or in their bedrooms, you are a social conservative. I think it is pretty easy to infer that lower intelligence (and I certainly think a sort of neurosis) is a prequisitie to this ethnocentric viewpoint on the private lives of others. It seems like we should have gotten past social conservatism in the 50's when black people were able to drink from the same fountain as me...

Well thats the thing. when you start feeling to be "superior" to others that when its time to be the most humble and understanding. Its a terrible contradiction when you should be a empathetic life teacher to others rather than a "moral" fascist.

I don't know about your statement that one "should be an empathetic life teacher" rather than a moral fascist... it is more about just accepting everyone for who they are and keeping your nose out of their business (or their bladder contents, or their bedroom, or their doctor's office, etc)

pandora

List of social conservative political parties

Australia
Katter's Australian Party
National Party of Australia
Democratic Labor Party
Australia First Party
A large number of Liberal Party of Australia, Family First Party and to a lesser extent Australian Labor Party members in Australia are also considered socially conservative.
Austria
Christian Party of Austria
Alliance for the Future of Austria
Bangladesh
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh
Belgium
Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (Christian democrat)
Vlaams Belang
Brazil
Brazilian Social Democratic Party
Croatia
Croatian Demochristian Party
Canada
Conservative Party of Canada
Family Coalition Party of Ontario
Christian Heritage Party of Canada
Chile
Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal (Chile)
Christian Democratic Party (Chile)
Czech Republic
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party
Denmark
Danish People's Party
Finland
Christian Democrats
True Finns
France
A number of Union for a Popular Movement members in France as considered socially conservative.
including the Christian Democratic Party, UMP affiliate
and, including far right and nationalist ideas
Movement for France
National Front
National Republican Movement
Germany
Christian Democratic Union (Christian democrat)
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Deutsche Zentrumspartei (ZENTRUM) (German Centre Party)
Partei Bibeltreuer Christen (PBC) (Party of Bible-abiding Christians)
Partei für Arbeit, Umwelt und Familie (AUF-Partei) (Party for Labour, Environment and Family)
Greece
Popular Orthodox Rally
Hungary
Jobbik[11]
MIÉP[12]
Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)
India
Bharatiya Janata Party
Shiv Sena
Iran
Combatant Clergy Association
Islamic Society of Engineers
Ireland
Christian Solidarity Party
Muintir na hÉireann
Israel
Shas
United Torah Judaism
Manhigut Yehudit
Italy
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
The People of Freedom
and, with nationalist and separatist ideas
Lega Nord
Japan
Liberal Democratic Party
People's New Party
New Party Nippon
New Komeito Party
Netherlands
ChristianUnion
Reformed Political Party
New Zealand
The Kiwi Party
The Family Party
Conservative Party of New Zealand
New Zealand First
Nigeria
People's Democratic Party
All Nigeria Peoples Party
[edit]Norway
Christian Democratic Party
Poland
Law and Justice
League of Polish Families
Russia
United Russia
Slovakia
Christian Democratic Movement
Spain
People's Party
Serbia
Party of Serbian Unity
Sweden
Christian Democrats
Sweden Democrats
National Democrats
Switzerland
Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland
Swiss Democrats
Swiss People's Party
Turkey
Felicity Party
Great Union Party
Justice and Development Party
United Kingdom
Christian Party
The Cornerstone Group, a faction of the Conservative Party
Democratic Unionist Party (Northern Ireland only)
Ulster Unionist Party (NI only)
Traditional Unionist Voice (NI only)
British National Party
United States
Constitution Party
Republican Party


Social conservative factions of political parties

Christian Democratic Party (Union for a Popular Movement)
Cornerstone Group (Conservative Party)
Republican Study Committee (Republican Party)
Paleoconservatism
Pro-life movement
Communitarianism
Social conservatism in Canada
Distributism
Social progressivism
Traditionalist conservatism
Tea Party movement

Oh boy that is a lot of dumb people! I have a feeling this is not the case :?

I do not fall into the true category of a conservative but I know many and respect even more.

What I don't respect is people who post things to put entire groups of people down.
To me this not only lacks intelligence but compassion. It is a sign of bias and prejudice
the exact thing that these people are protesting. And what is the icing on the cake
is these people don't see it, that is ignorance.

he still stands

Pandora, have you ever tried to elucidate your opinion from somewhere other than the top of a soap box?

pandora

he still stands wrote:

Pandora, have you ever tried to elucidate your opinion from somewhere other than the top of a soap box?

gee are you talking to yourself now