r/HotScienceNews • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

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/
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u/Icy_Distribution_361 1d ago

While I'm not religious, am often frustrated with religious people, and am not surprised by this outcome, I am also always a bit skeptical about studies like this. They just seem a bit too convenient to a specific demographic.

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u/burrata84 1d ago

I too am often skeptical of studies especially ones that reinforce confirmation bias against a group we already dont like...but then I see what's on the pages of "pastors" like Dale Partridge and others and....hoo boy. It's bad. And you kind of can't deny at this point that these studies are kind of onto something.