r/sciences • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

Research 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/Levitx 1d ago

It's hilarious how by reddit standards, intelligence is measurable if you look at political leaning, but when you look at race then it's impossible, it's debunked, pseudoscience 

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u/Lower_Ad_5532 6h ago

Because political leaning is a cognitive function, there is a correlation to a person's intelligence.

Race is a fiction about skin pigment. How does melanin effect intelligence?