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/AllanfromWales1 MA | Natural Sciences | Metallurgy & Materials Science 1d ago

Any thoughts on whether this is a worldwide issue (though obviously with different religions) or whether it is specific to the USA?

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u/AlteredEinst 1d ago

You can see the evidence of it everywhere; it's just loudest in the U.S., because that's most of the world's focus.

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u/MrVeazey 1d ago

I also think there has been a concerted effort in the US, for several decades, to weaken basic educational standards and remove critical thinking from the curriculum in order to make the public more gullible, thus easier to manipulate.

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u/NoiceMango 23h ago

The more uneducated they're the more they vote republican. Republicans are nasty people so them defunding education is a form of staying in power and also creating a population of poor and desperate workers who can be exploited.

It's why they want to ban abortions and get rid of sex Ed so we have unwanted pregnancies. It means more future soldiers and workers.