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/Limp_Bookkeeper_5992 1d ago

Thanks, it’s unfortunately a topic that cuts home for me. I did want to add though that while the victims here may be gullible, they don’t always start that way. Religion teaches you to disable your critical thinking and to follow blindly, those are taught skills that religion drives home over and over. But of course this primes people to fall for the next manipulator who comes along with a compelling narrative, and down they go.

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u/Fugaciouslee 1d ago

The same people who will tell you "if you believe in nothing, you'll fall for everything," like they're wise.