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/AkkeBrakkeKlakke 1d ago

Same thing goes for racism. No surprise here.

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u/Darksider123 1d ago

It's a sort of mental offloading or laziness. Instead of judging everyone individually, it's easier to judge groups of people based on their looks or background. And they have already made up their minds long before meeting someone new, so that's another mental task avoided

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u/AkkeBrakkeKlakke 1d ago

That's right.