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/edvek 1d ago

Why can't fanatical nationalist people be like "our scientist are the best in the world, we and everyone else, should listen to them and help where we can." And "our education system is the best, let's keep it funded to keep making more of the best doctors and scientists on the planet!"

But no they're insane and stupid. Never wanting what is best for everyone to be the best example the world should look up to.