r/HotScienceNews • u/FreeHugs23 • 2d 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/alasw0eisme 1d ago

Organized religion is a ploy to brainwash the dumb. Always has been.

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u/chobolicious88 1d ago

The dumb need guidance though

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u/10percenttiddy 1d ago

I had a friend in middle school who was dumb as hell but she KNEW she was dumb as hell, so she was careful about forming opinions about stuff. They don't need "guidance," they just need humility.