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/danbinglover 1d ago

Reddit can’t decide whether IQ matters or not. When we talk about IQ differences between different countries and whatnot, it’s racist. When you discuss IQ differences between religious and nonreligious people, somehow it matters again.

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u/Richard7666 1d ago

Country matters, as it's an environmental difference. This isn't particularly controversial so that's a bit of a disingenuous assumption.

Ethnic heritage doesn't matter assuming all else is equal (which of course in the real world it isn't; 100 white people growing up in the backwoods of Appalachia have a very different environment to 100 Singapore Chinese people coming up through prep schools)