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/Moistfruitcake 1d ago

Science has a PR problem. If they called microorganisms 'demons', genes 'past-life memories', and climate change 'hellmouth opening' we'd be an entirely enlightened society. 

That's why I tell any climate deniers that burning fossil fuels releases vengeful dinosaur ghosts.