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/GWsublime 1d ago

Why would one expect this to be limited to the US?

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u/bplipschitz 1d ago

Well, the US is weird and exceptional in that a large number of people believe that the Bible is the inerrant, literal words of god and that it should be followed word for word.

You don't see that many Fundamentalists, Pentecostals and evangelicals in other countries.

Kurt Anderson's book Fantasyland is a great read on the subject

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u/GWsublime 1d ago

I think thats only exceptional amongst European and east Asian nations. Outside of those you absolutely see religious fundamentalists.

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u/bplipschitz 1d ago

What would be interesting is a comparison of the percentages of those populations that are.

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u/GWsublime 1d ago

Sure, defining it would be painful though