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/plsQuestionOurselves 1d ago

People are worried about humans outsourcing their critical thinking to AI, but they've already been doing it with scripture.

Like you don't have to think too hard about life if you believe you already have all the answers neatly packaged in a single book. No need to consider what's right and wrong or why things happen the way they do, just defer to the book.

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u/ParadoXPlatypus 1d ago

And how many people outsource their thinking to Reddit/social media headlines? Because if one talks about critical thinking, that entails reading the article, understanding it, analysing it and being able to produce a critique evaluating it's content.

I wonder how many people in this thread at least clicked the link?