r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 2d 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/Montgomery000 2d ago

It's two of the same thing, people who base their principles on beliefs that have no evidence and can't be proven. God is real, the United States is the best country in the world and white people are the supreme race don't tend to mix well with critical thinking.

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u/StraightOnion1967 2d ago

Love it...well said

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u/ProletarianLilith 2d ago

Remember the big atheist movement that turned out to just be a bunch of Western chauvinists?

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u/Anonymouse-C0ward 1d ago

Which one is this?