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Bragi
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February 7, 2012
Study (again) affirms link between stupidity and conservatism
The study:
Bright Minds and Dark Attitudes: Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing Ideology and Low Intergroup Contact
http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/2/187
A column from George Monbiot referencing this study:
"The right's stupidity spreads, enabled by a too-polite left"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/06/right-stupidity-spreads-enabled-polite-left?INTCMP=SRCH
Worth noting.
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