Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ

Namreg

Namreg

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Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics and Political Science correlated data on these behaviors with IQ from a large national U.S. sample and found that, on average, people who identified as liberal and atheist had higher IQs. This applied also to sexual exclusivity in men, but not in women. The findings will be published in the March 2010 issue of Social Psychology Quarterly.

The IQ differences, while statistically significant, are not stunning -- on the order of 6 to 11 points -- and the data should not be used to stereotype or make assumptions about people, experts say. But they show how certain patterns of identifying with particular ideologies develop, and how some people's behaviors come to be.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/26/liberals.atheists.sex.intelligence/index.html?hpt=P1

interesting... is that because liberal thinking, as compared to the set-in-stone mentality of conservative thinking, requires more flexibility, brain-wise?
but what does it have to do with sexual exclusivity?
 
Namreg

Namreg

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thank you for that mature comment. now hold on for the foaming at the mouth crap that will surely be posted as soon as the individuals on my ignore list have had their breakfast.
 
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lurkingdirk

I wonder what the correlation is? Do yout think that "liberal Athiests" are simply more prone to question everything, and therefore test better on IQ tests? IQ tests are pretty unreliable, witness, for example, the b.i.t.c.h. test.

My guess, and really, what do I know? but my guess is that folks who put themselves in the categories of liberal and athiest simply have a perspective that makes them approach tests in such a way as to score well. I seriously doubt that they are actually smarter. :dunno:
 
beauregard

beauregard

There are a lot of us smarter people out there that are morally liberal, financially fiscal, and identify as republican. We don't agree with the NeoCons in our party, and many of us are more libertarian than anything else, but vote republican to balance the powers.

http://www.halfsigma.com/2006/06/more_intelligen.html
A study done in 2006 showed that more libertarian thinkers had higher IQs, and the more you relied on government social programs, the lower your IQ generally was.

Mensa is disproportionately Libertarian.

I also test as an INTP consistently on Myers-Briggs tests. (Think Einstein and Newton)

I despise government handouts to freeloaders. Helping is one thing, holding your hand for life is another.

High IQ generally means less common sense as well. The more your absorb yourself into studies, the less likely you are to see the bigger picture. I know its an issue I have to deal with all the time.
 
Hot Mega

Hot Mega

beauregard said:
There are a lot of us smarter people out there that are morally liberal, financially fiscal, and identify as republican. We don't agree with the NeoCons in our party, and many of us are more libertarian than anything else, but vote republican to balance the powers.

http://www.halfsigma.com/2006/06/more_intelligen.html
A study done in 2006 showed that more libertarian thinkers had higher IQs, and the more you relied on government social programs, the lower your IQ generally was.

Mensa is disproportionately Libertarian.

I also test as an INTP consistently on Myers-Briggs tests.

I despise government handouts to freeloaders. Helping is one thing, holding your hand for life is another.
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You're not suggesting one need be a "Phi Beta Kappa" to recognize a pretty simple correlation between IQ, employability and corresponding financial resources are you?

Certainly there is no gravitational pull between "social services" and lower IQs. In other words, merely having a lower IQ does drive some psychological need to rely on social services as it is obviously a product of practical circumstance.

Who wouldn't despise handouts to "freeloaders". Again, it doesn't take a "Phi Beta Kappa" to be in that majority Beau.
 
No_Man

No_Man

A difference of 6 to 11 points is pretty small. Makes me think that this has less to do with biology and more to do with cultural conditioning. That, for whatever reason, people with higher IQ are ending up in local cultures that encourage liberalism and atheism, and are subsequently adopting these cultures.

I know for myself, I entered college very conservative, became more and more liberal as I was there, and have gradually drifted back to conservatism since I got my degree. Did I become more intelligent simply because I entered college? And am I becoming less intelligent simply because I'm not in college anymore? I doubt it. Maybe in terms of factual knowledge, but not in terms of IQ. But did my local cultural climate change to far more liberal in college and far less after? Definitely.
 
JayJohn85

JayJohn85

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Exclusivity? Yea to settle down with probably getting preggers by someone else:rofl:

Naw but seriously cant be arsed finding the link but if you go to yahoo homepage its under the news tabs.......UK papers some guys been doing research that pretty much states that monogamy is going to kill our species off eventually. Of course this could probably be debated and argued against.

Point is you know I am pretty liberal guy with some leanings towards some extremes lol....Like most people I guess but I would be a damn liar if I said as a man I liked the direction society is heading.....Dont get me wrong equal rights and all that but to go so far as to completely cater for women in some sorta female superiority society....Holy fook it just scares me<puts blunt out>
 
Will E Worm

Will E Worm

Conspiracy...
people who identified as liberal and atheist had higher IQs.
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:1orglaugh:tongue: A bias "study" by a racist.

Satoshi Kanazawa:
Controversy over Race and Intelligence

This guy is a racist and is anti-Christian and over all moron. :tongue:

The same thing with the London School of Economics and Political Science
they promote "acceptable" racism. :rolleyes:


You're welcome. :hatsoff:
 
JayJohn85

JayJohn85

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Oh yea I am actually gonna agree with Will E Worm on this.....In regards to the OP's actual topic its bull, Thats the true problem with religion its so insidious lulz that it can trap and suck in intelligent people.

Of course thats usually scientists and such who just cant explain something quite yet, Like the timed old example of the Bumble bee.....According to our current understanding of Aerodynamics it should not be able to fly.

Unfortunately this is the kinda fodder intelligent design nabs use. Less laziness more research m'kay.
 
Legzman

Legzman

what the fuck you lookin at?
atheist had higher IQ's no doubt because they don't believe in a fuckin fairytale.
 
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BlueBalls

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I could see how that could be the case and even if it is I don't see why conservative religious types would be offended by this. Remember correlation does not always imply causation, similar to the smoking study posted yesterday - it didn't state that every single person who had ever smoked has a lower IQ, it just stated that the vast majority of those who ignore the medical warning had lower IQs than those who saw took the evidence on board and decided not to touch them.

Same thing here, not every single individual liberal atheist male is going to have a higher IQ than there conservative religious male counterpart. It's just that of those as a whole it seems that the evidence seems to suggest it's true. When you think of the vast majority of those within the higher education system in the US (using just this minor proportion of the population as an example) would they not fit into this category?
 
Ace Bandage

Ace Bandage

The one and only.
I'm a Conservative Atheist. I guess I'm half smart. Go me, high five!
 
Baill Inneraora

Baill Inneraora

BlueBalls said:
I could see how that could be the case and even if it is I don't see why conservative religious types would be offended by this. Remember correlation does not always imply causation, similar to the smoking study posted yesterday - it didn't state that every single person who had ever smoked has a lower IQ, it just stated that the vast majority of those who ignore the medical warning had lower IQs than those who saw took the evidence on board and decided not to touch them.

Same thing here, not every single individual liberal atheist male is going to have a higher IQ than there conservative religious male counterpart. It's just that of those as a whole it seems that the evidence seems to suggest it's true. When you think of the vast majority of those within the higher education system in the US (using just this minor proportion of the population as an example) would they not fit into this category?
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Oh BB when will you learn? You are trying to explain the scientific method, sample size, causation and correlations to folks who just want to scream BULLSHIT!

Next thing you know you will probably try to numerical data, standard deviation and probability density to people who would rather bury their heads in the sand.
 
Ace Bandage

Ace Bandage

The one and only.
lurkingdirk said:
Does that mean you're half dumb too?

Go slam your head in a toilet. Low five!
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It could be worse. I could have been a Conservative Creationist like someone I know here. I won't name any names, but you will know who I'm talking about anyway...
See what I did there.. .:banana:
 
Will E Worm

Will E Worm

Conspiracy...
Andronicus Ry said:
It could be worse. I could have been a Conservative Creationist like someone I know here. I won't name any names, but you will know who I'm talking about anyway...
See what I did there.. .:banana:
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You're not a Conservative or a true Republican. :tongue:

I saw what you did there. :nono:

Also, it is Creation, not "creationist" or "intelligent design." :hatsoff:
 
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