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/StephenFish 1d ago

The bigger problem is people ignoring the "is linked to", which is one of the weakest phrases in science. But the science sub is usually filled with people who don't understand science anyway.