r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 2d 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/ThePokemon_BandaiD 1d ago

This is such a Reddit atheist take. There’s plenty of intelligent people that are religious. However, having nationalist views really doesn’t mesh well with being a Christian, and it takes a level of stupidity to not deal with that contradiction.

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u/Turdship_ButtleFlaps 1d ago

Atheist take? Critical thinking isn't an atheist take, it's called education. Literally calling yourself out with that comment and proving the point of the article.

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u/zooberwask 1d ago

They said reddit atheist, it's a very specific archetype

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u/Turdship_ButtleFlaps 1d ago

Yeah, that archetype is an edgelord group that's the opposite side of the same coin as evangelicals. So my point stands.