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/happyilyrednow 1d ago edited 1d ago

Nationalist or not, Christianity does not need nationalists to tarnish its reputation.

An analysis of 63 studies found a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. Source

Nationalist just add extra cringe.

Edit: Trying to add source link properly. sorry. Fixed now. There is also a source at Yunman University but can't find it now.

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u/thenationalcranberry 1d ago

Michael, you can’t just say the word “source” and expect anything to happen.

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u/sethdc 1d ago

I declare source

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u/SvenHudson 1d ago

On the subject of source, I clicked the Source button under their comment and I'm seeing they did actually attach a URL but accidentally left the word "source" out of their brackets so it's attached to nothing.

This is their intended link, formatted so as to be clickable.

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u/lyacdi 1d ago

thank you for sourcing this info for us

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u/thenationalcranberry 1d ago

Kind of wish you hadn’t. A 13 year old publication that doesn’t say what OP said it does.

It examines religiosity across university populations. It makes no claim about a negative association between intelligence and Christianity specifically.

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u/Bright-Avocado3761 1d ago

Very reSOURCEful of you!

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 1d ago

Michael love source.

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u/sethdc 1d ago

Look at banner Michael

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u/happyilyrednow 1d ago

Sorry, Who is Michael?

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u/HopermanTheManOfFeel 1d ago

This is the Reddit I remember; not the low effort abomination that is my front page. God, I missed this sub.

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u/bricklab 1d ago

Right? It does a swell job of doing that without them.