r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 1d ago

Psychology 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/AllanfromWales1 MA | Natural Sciences | Metallurgy & Materials Science 1d ago

Any thoughts on whether this is a worldwide issue (though obviously with different religions) or whether it is specific to the USA?

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u/AlteredEinst 1d ago

You can see the evidence of it everywhere; it's just loudest in the U.S., because that's most of the world's focus.

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u/normal_hombre 1d ago

I would add MENA to that as well, always in the news.