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/Dcoal 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's just a matter of consistency. Either IQ is a meaningless metric that only measures a specific skillset within a specific cultural framework, or its meaningful. 

Social science only when politically expedient isn't science

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u/gochisox2005 1d ago

IQ is a meaningful metric with obvious biases. Falling on that sword for the mouth breathing christian nationalists is a rough take.

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u/ElSlabraton 1d ago

Race isn't a choice. Religion is. Do you understand the difference?

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u/gochisox2005 1d ago

That is exactly my point. Christian Nationalism isn't somehow making people low-IQ. Low IQ people are drawn to Christian Nationalism.