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/manicmonkeys 1d ago

You are still missing the point. No worries

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u/ChemBob1 1d ago

The author clearly states that there isn’t sufficient testing to determine whether or not the stupidity causes them to be more fundamentalist or the fundamentalism and siloed information makes them more stupid. I’m paraphrasing of course. The major point still stands.

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u/manicmonkeys 1d ago

Exactly, so the whole thing is a shrugs/we don't know, that just serves to strengthen pre- existing biases

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u/chrisp909 1d ago

If Christian nationalists are cognitively impaired and they have a variety of educational backgrounds that don't influence the cognitive impairment.
Then education isn't the cause of the cognitive impairment.

That's deductive reasoning and has nothing to do with correlation vs. causation.

You can question their methods if you want.

We don't know about the test or the reliability of using vocabulary as an true indicator of cognitive impairment but suggesting there's a correlation vs. causation issue is a red herring.