Social conservativism correlated with lower intelligence

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  • SweetChildofMine
    SweetChildofMine Posts: 842
    My brian works fine too.


    Most days. :lol:
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    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 :lol:

    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
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,962
    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.
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    edited January 2012
    cincybearcat wrote:
    The point being that extremist views are linked to stupidity.
    ...
    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.
    Post edited by Cosmo on
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  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    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
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    Cosmo wrote:
    cincybearcat wrote:
    The point being that extremist views are linked to stupidity.
    ...
    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
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    I see stupid ignorant people that are biased :lol:
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
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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.
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  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,670
    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
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    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).
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    MayDay Malone wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    That means the whole tea party :lol::lol:

    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
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    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 :lol:
  • fear4freedom
    fear4freedom Posts: 920
    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!
    Theres no time like the present

    A man that stands for nothing....will fall for anything!

    All people need to do more on every level!
  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    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...
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • SweetChildofMine
    SweetChildofMine Posts: 842
    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
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    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)
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    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
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    Pandora, have you ever tried to elucidate your opinion from somewhere other than the top of a soap box?
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    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 ;)
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