Christopher Hitchens: Tribute (The SMILE) RIP 1949-2011
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Happy Christopher Hitchens Day
The Creation of Christopher
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We Are All One Humanity: Native American Elders Speaking About The Web That Binds Us All
Conservative Politics, ‘Low-Effort’ Thinking Linked In New Study [I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!]
Conservatives and liberals don’t seem to agree about much, and they might not agree about recent studies linking conservatism to low intelligence and “low-effort” thinking.
As The Huffington Post reported in February, a study published in the journal “Psychological Science” showed that children who score low on intelligence tests gravitate toward socially conservative political views in adulthood–perhaps because conservative ideologies stress “structure and order” that make it easier to understand a complicated world.
Ouch.
And now there’s the new study linking conservative ideologies to “low-effort” thinking.
Intelligence Study Links Low I.Q. To Prejudice, Racism, Conservatism
Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the answer to both questions may be a qualified yes.
The study, published in Psychological Science, showed that people who score low on I.Q. tests in childhood are more likely to develop prejudiced beliefs and socially conservative politics in adulthood.
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. . . People of low intelligence gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, which stress resistance to change and, in turn, prejudice[.]
Quote: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Jesus On Homosexuality
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Why The Republicans [i.e., Reactionaries] Will Lose
