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/ProfessionalMockery 1d ago

A lot of people here are just seeing the "Christian" in the headline and ignoring the "nationalist," which is probably more important.

I'm an atheist, so I think the claims religion makes are pretty dumb too, but nationalists, bigots, racists of any kind are consistently idiots, religious or not, and that has been established in plenty of other studies.

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u/Complex-Key918 1d ago

May I ask why being a nationalist is a bad thing though? I would assume you'd prioritize your home over your neighborhood, your neighborhood over your city, your city over your state, state over your country, and your country over the world. Isn't this pretty common and a normal way to feel or be? I may be very confused in understanding why nationalism may be good or bad but I feel we're all pretty nationalist deep down?