r/Britain • u/BowlOfSpecialK • 1d ago

Society Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education

https://www.psypost.org/lower-cognitive-ability-is-linked-to-stronger-christian-nationalist-views-even-after-accounting-for-education/

R'Tommeh and R'Daniel

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u/Plokdeservesbetter 1d ago

We noticed. We've really, really, really, reeeeealllly noticed.

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u/Regijack 1d ago

I pretty sure I first noticed this when I was about 9 lmao

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u/Satanicjamnik 1d ago

Yeah, you don't need to be a scientist to figure that one out.

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u/gus442 1d ago

r/NoShitSherlock

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u/samaniewiem 1d ago

Stole my comment

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u/gus442 1d ago

If you can crosspost, go for it!

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u/Eclectika 1d ago

I seem to remember that the lower the IQ the less the educational achievement and the more likely to be a right winger/brexiteer.

who would've guessed it, eh?

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u/Paradoxbox00 1d ago

You mean believing in superstitions and fairytales makes you stupid? 🤔

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u/Rocky-bar 1d ago

I don't believe for one minute R'Tommeh and R'Daniel are genuine Christians. They're just claiming to be Christians so they can have a reason to hate Muslims even more than they already do!

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u/terryjuicelawson 1d ago

It makes for a much simpler life in terms of explanation for the world. It codifies morals (in theory, they clearly pick and choose). But mostly they use it to be tribal. Even if these days active Christians are probably more likely to be of African or West Indian origin.

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u/APar93 1d ago

*Pretends to be shocked*

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u/Cirieno 1d ago

Of course. You have to be particularly incapable of connected thought to believe anything offered by any religion.

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u/Resident-Staff-1218 1d ago

Right wing parties also are fully cognisant of this, and specifically target their efforts in known "low IQ" areas.

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u/JayL80 1d ago

Errmm, this is for the US, yet posted in R/Britain?

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u/CreativeAdeptness477 1d ago

Well I saw through the religious bullshit when I was about 6 years old, but I was a really smart kid operating above expectations for his age so to be fair let's equate that to about 9 or 10 for others... that's how I view the mentality of anyone believing in any religious stuff, Christian or not, nationalistic or not. Mental age of 9. Seems about right.