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onecaliberal

(34,426 posts) Sun Apr 21, 2024, 12:02 PM Apr 2024

Researchers results imply that higher intelligence is correlated with left wing beliefs. [View all]

A provocative new study has found a link between left-wing beliefs and both higher intelligence quotient (IQ) scores and genetic markers believed to be associated with higher intelligence.
As psychology researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities report in their new paper, published in the journal Intelligence, numerous intelligence tests found that being more clever "is correlated with a range of left-wing and liberal political beliefs."

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Researchers results imply that higher intelligence is correlated with left wing beliefs. [View all] onecaliberal Apr 2024 OP

Eggs xactly. Learning a foreign language grows new neurons. GreenWave Apr 2024 #1

MAGA dumb fucks Botany Apr 2024 #2

Grabbing everything for yourself RIGHT NOW! is not an intelligent plan. Midnight Writer Apr 2024 #3

+1 Dave Bowman Apr 2024 #24

And so many DUers are truly exceptionally brilliant! BComplex Apr 2024 #4

"Humility: a trait found in intelligent people" BaronChocula Apr 2024 #18

..... BComplex Apr 2024 #21

I'm just about truth BaronChocula Apr 2024 #22

But, but... Dave Bowman Apr 2024 #28

You can find way more stable geniuses BaronChocula Apr 2024 #30

Lol, good one! :D Dave Bowman Apr 2024 #31

When I was in college a few years back NanaCat Apr 2024 #36

The framing here is pretty juiced Sympthsical Apr 2024 #5

"Still. I expect lotion sales to go up." Jedi Guy Apr 2024 #41

As usual, you are right on the money. yardwork Apr 2024 #42

It's pure Dunning Kruger Sympthsical Apr 2024 #47

True. ActRaiser Apr 2024 #6

...on both the left and the right. yardwork Apr 2024 #44

Hey y'all, we're brilliant! surfered Apr 2024 #7

This sounds comforting if one believes that IQ tests measure anything real. NNadir Apr 2024 #8

I hear you but it's not only based on IQ. onecaliberal Apr 2024 #9

Thanks. I should read but I won't. I have no interest in psychometric exercises about intelligence and lack time... NNadir Apr 2024 #10

Same here PatSeg Apr 2024 #17

People with intellect posses those same traits and qualities. onecaliberal Apr 2024 #25

Lots of different IQ test to measure multigraincracker Apr 2024 #12

Not quite true about Washington NanaCat Apr 2024 #37

I'm on the language spectrum. multigraincracker Apr 2024 #38

I totally agree, NNadir: people who are dyslexic are often very intelligent, but don't score well BComplex Apr 2024 #23

This article is NOT only about IQ. onecaliberal Apr 2024 #26

What ever intelligence is or isn't or related to, yonder Apr 2024 #29

Thanks, I was booted for making a true statement which in a way, is a happy thought. NNadir Apr 2024 #35

Perhaps, related more to open-mindedness & curiosity 1st and left-wing belief 2nd. Model35mech Apr 2024 #11

Headline says "correlation" eggplant Apr 2024 #13

Correlation does not imply causation. So I have heard. twodogsbarking Apr 2024 #19

Sometimes, powerful statistics multigraincracker Apr 2024 #32

even relatively simple statistics can suggest important associations Model35mech Apr 2024 #33

To be technical, correlation can imply or suggest causation. yardwork Apr 2024 #45

Epictetus twodogsbarking Apr 2024 #46

I see they quote Orwell at the end, which is good gulliver Apr 2024 #14

"the work is fraught" betsuni Apr 2024 #15

No surprise, there. cilla4progress Apr 2024 #16

More and more, it's being discovered our brains are wired differently Warpy Apr 2024 #20

It's obvious the gqp plays to simple minds who fear complexity lindysalsagal Apr 2024 #27

duh! malaise Apr 2024 #34

not falling for ridiculous propaganda seems like a low bar Skittles Apr 2024 #39

Figures don't lie. But liars figure. Seinan Sensei Apr 2024 #40

Seeing all sides Johnny2X2X Apr 2024 #43