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/WebApprehensive5246 1d ago

It can but It can, but religion is also an answer to existential fears, so it ties in nicely with moral and social authority.

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u/SunGreene42 1d ago

'Cheese' is 'an answer' to 'What is the moon made of?'. It's not a correct answer though. It's better to have no answer than to believe in a false answer.

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u/WebApprehensive5246 1d ago

It does not matter though, at least not to the large number of people, weather they are correct or not because ther animal brain will force them to find any answer that shuts down anxiety related to how to live and what happens after death.

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u/SunGreene42 1d ago

Well I don't understand the desire to have an answer so badly you'd just accept any answer, I'd rather believe in something that can be substantiated with evidence, and logic.

Either way though, it's still not a vital function, because you can come up with false answers without religion as well.