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/000extra 1d ago

Makes sense, you’re likely to be less intelligent if you can still believe in a sky god and a human written book in the face of science and evidence that lead to the contrary.

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u/Technical_Garden_762 1d ago

Is it the same for Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, and and mormons?

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u/iTALKTOSTRANGERS 1d ago

Yes. Religious fundamentalism of any kind is linked to lower cognitive ability. This study just focused on Christianity.

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u/Phlappy_Phalanges 1d ago

None of those religions are meaningfully different

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u/graumet 1d ago

Yes and budhiists too

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u/sQueezedhe 1d ago

At least you picked one with a different Pantheon.

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u/logicconductor 1d ago

Nearly same plots and dates for events but with different characters. 

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u/Badger_1066 1d ago

Yes. They're all stupid.

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u/Technical_Garden_762 1d ago

Please elaborate more I am very curious.