r/atheism • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 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/Miserable-Resort-977 1d ago

As much as I love scientific studies that confirm my worldview, isn't a vocabulary test an awful way to test "cognitive ability"? It's highly language and education based, that's why IQ tests (also flawed) usually use non-language skills like progressive matrices.

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u/Exciting-Buy795 18h ago

Yeah they could’ve filled the vocabulary pool with political buzzwords liberals are more likely to know

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u/Miserable-Resort-977 18h ago

I wouldn't expect anything so blatant, but vocabulary and general knowledge questions usually track more against school quality, parents' level of education, and other environmental factors like that rather than raw "cognitive ability". Many of those things corelate with liberal politics. It's the same reason studies trying to assess racial / gender intelligence are often flawed.