Current Events > STUDY: Anti-gay and racist people are more likely to have lower IQ

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Right-wingers tend to be less intelligent than left-wingers, and people with low childhood intelligence tend to grow up to have racist and anti-gay views, says a new study.

Conservative politics work almost as a 'gateway' into prejudice against others, say the Canadian academics.

The paper analysed large UK studies which compared childhood intelligence with political views in adulthood across more than 15,000 people.

The authors claim that people with low intelligence gravitate towards right-wing views because they make them feel safe.

Crucially, people's educational level is not what determines whether they are racist or not - it's innate intelligence, according to the academics.

Social status also appears to play no part.

The study, published in Psychological Science, claims that right-wing ideology forms a 'pathway' for people with low reasoning ability to become prejudiced against groups such as other races and gay people.

'Cognitive abilities are critical in forming impressions of other people and in being open minded,' say the researchers.

'Individuals with lower cognitive abilities may gravitate towards more socially conservative right-wing ideologies that maintain the status quo.

'It provides a sense of order.'

Makes sense.

Inb4 stupid racist butthurt conservatives

Minecraft10 posted...

Right-wingers tend to be less intelligent than left-wingers

This one is evident. Look who is in office rn.

Bush was also an idiot.
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judging by this website i agree
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When I read that study, I couldn't help but think of all those Christians who refused to bake a cake and provide other services for the "scary gays."

Like, you're definitely fucking damaged if you can't recognize that gay people are just human beings. They're not these demons who are going to send you to hell or anything.
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clearaflagrantj posted...

Inb4 stupid racist butthurt conservatives

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Rika_Furude posted...

judging by this website i agree

DailyMail didn't conduct the rigorous study.

I thought liberals didn't like statistics that try to make conclusions about groups of people based on IQ.

https://www.inquisitr.com/4925096/low-cognitive-ability-linked-to-prejudice-against-same-sex-couples-australian-study-shows/
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And no one was surprised by the results
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Lmao
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@SageHarpuia and @darkjedilink do a great job corroborating this study
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2 years later and people still still cant move on from the "uneducated" voters nonsense.
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Why does right-wing = racist and anti-gay? I know plenty of right wingers who aren't either of those things.

KirbyMagicWand posted...

When I read that study, I couldn't help but think of all those Christians who refused to bake a cake and provide other services for the "scary gays."

Like, you're definitely fucking damaged if you can't recognize that gay people are just human beings. They're not these demons who are going to send you to hell or anything.

The entire prospect of a merciful and loving God sending you to hell to burn for eternity because you lived a few decades on earth a bad person, makes no sense at all. That's not God. That's the devil.
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This is my surprised face
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PanzerElite posted...

Why does right-wing = racist and anti-gay? I know plenty of right wingers who aren't either of those things.

I think you read the study wrong.

Here, read this again:

'Individuals with lower cognitive abilities may gravitate towards more socially conservative right-wing ideologies that maintain the status quo.

As you can see, the study mentions nothing about fiscal conservatives, but the study does mention a correlation between social conservatism and lower intelligence.

KINDERFELD posted...

KirbyMagicWand posted...

When I read that study, I couldn't help but think of all those Christians who refused to bake a cake and provide other services for the "scary gays."

Like, you're definitely fucking damaged if you can't recognize that gay people are just human beings. They're not these demons who are going to send you to hell or anything.

The entire prospect of a merciful and loving God sending you to hell to burn for eternity because you lived a few decades on earth a bad person, makes no sense at all. That's not God. That's the devil.

That's why Satan is better because he accepts you no matter who you are or what you do
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How do they even define intelligence? It's not something like height that can be easily measured with a stick
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Was religion controlled for?

In other news, water is wet and the sky is blue.
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IQ is not, and has never been, a legitimate metric to measure intelligence. please don't act like it is
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averagejoel posted...

IQ is not, and has never been, a legitimate metric to measure intelligence. please don't act like it is

Found the conservative with a double digit IQ

We as a society put too much stock into IQ
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frozenshock posted...

How do they even define intelligence? It's not something like height that can be easily measured with a stick

IQ tests are poor measures of "intelligence", especially when they're conducted on children.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iq-scores-not-accurate-marker-of-intelligence-study-shows/

The study, by academics at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, used information from two UK studies from 1958 and 1970 , where several thousand children were assessed for intelligence at age 10 and 11,

But amusing how some here are rejoicing over this. I wonder how they feel about the far right using the same types of tests to prove the innate inferiority of Mexicans and Africans.

Antifar posted...

We as a society put too much stock into IQ

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Ammonitida posted...

frozenshock posted...

How do they even define intelligence? It's not something like height that can be easily measured with a stick

IQ tests are poor measures of "intelligence", especially when they're conducted on children.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iq-scores-not-accurate-marker-of-intelligence-study-shows/

The study, by academics at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, used information from two UK studies from 1958 and 1970 , where several thousand children were assessed for intelligence at age 10 and 11,

But amusing how some here are rejoicing over this. I wonder how they feel about the far right using the same types of tests to prove the innate inferiority of Mexicans and Africans.

smells like peak liberalism to me
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CrimsonRage posted...

ImAMarvel posted...

chill02 posted...

And no one was surprised by the results

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Zach_is_back posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

ImAMarvel posted...

chill02 posted...

And no one was surprised by the results

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In other news, a government-funded study has found that fish need water to survive.
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Ammonitida posted...

frozenshock posted...

How do they even define intelligence? It's not something like height that can be easily measured with a stick

IQ tests are poor measures of "intelligence", especially when they're conducted on children.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iq-scores-not-accurate-marker-of-intelligence-study-shows/

The study, by academics at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, used information from two UK studies from 1958 and 1970 , where several thousand children were assessed for intelligence at age 10 and 11,

But amusing how some here are rejoicing over this. I wonder how they feel about the far right using the same types of tests to prove the innate inferiority of Mexicans and Africans.

dont ruin the sjw circlejerk moment
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Imagine comparing calling racists stupid to calling black people stupid.

Imagine taking umbrage with calling anti-gay bigots unintelligent.
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hockeybub89 posted...

Imagine comparing calling racists stupid to calling black people stupid.

Imagine taking umbrage with calling anti-gay bigots unintelligent.

that's not the problem

the problem is using IQ which has been pretty thoroughly debunked as a racist, classist metric to do it

racism and homophobia are not exclusive to the uneducated working class. far from it.
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Spooking posted...

Which race of people in America are the most anti-gay?

That's a good question
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clearaflagrantj posted...

averagejoel posted...

IQ is not, and has never been, a legitimate metric to measure intelligence. please don't act like it is

Found the conservative with a double digit IQ

Lol averagejoel is one of the most far-left posters on here.
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averagejoel posted...

hockeybub89 posted...

Imagine comparing calling racists stupid to calling black people stupid.

Imagine taking umbrage with calling anti-gay bigots unintelligent.

that's not the problem

the problem is using IQ which has been pretty thoroughly debunked as a racist, classist metric to do it

racism and homophobia are not exclusive to the uneducated working class. far from it.

The study in question is also attempting to link "conservative" views to low IQ, such as wanting stiffer sentences for criminals. It's not merely calling racists stupid.

John_Galt posted...

Spooking posted...

Which race of people in America are the most anti-gay?

That's a good question

Not a race, but Evangelical Christians are tops in that category.

Ammonitida posted...

John_Galt posted...

Spooking posted...

Which race of people in America are the most anti-gay?

That's a good question

Not a race, but Evangelical Christians are tops in that category.

Yep
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Is there anything more racist than affirmative action?
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Pillowpantz posted...

Is there anything more racist than affirmative action?

Why are you calling white women racist?
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Interesting article on the subject written by a psychologist

https://docsmith.co/2010/04/are-liberals-more-intelligent-than-conservatives-another-broken-study-says-it-is-so/

So libs love charles murray now?
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CrimsonRage posted...

Pillowpantz posted...

Is there anything more racist than affirmative action?

you?

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The study, by academics at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, used information from two UK studies from 1958 and 1970 , where several thousand children were assessed for intelligence at age 10 and 11, and then asked political questions aged 33.

The 1958 National Child Development involved 4,267 men and 4,537 women born in 1958.

Awesome. A sixty year old study from England is the source, and lefties eat it up... and then call US the dumb ones.
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Fuparulez posted...

The study, by academics at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, used information from two UK studies from 1958 and 1970 , where several thousand children were assessed for intelligence at age 10 and 11, and then asked political questions aged 33.

The 1958 National Child Development involved 4,267 men and 4,537 women born in 1958.

Awesome. A sixty year old study from England is the source, and lefties eat it up... and then call US the dumb ones.

Lmao are you saying a study that's been conducted for 60 years is not as good because of the length of time?

Are you 12 years old?
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KINDERFELD posted...

Fuparulez posted...

The study, by academics at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, used information from two UK studies from 1958 and 1970 , where several thousand children were assessed for intelligence at age 10 and 11, and then asked political questions aged 33.

The 1958 National Child Development involved 4,267 men and 4,537 women born in 1958.

Awesome. A sixty year old study from England is the source, and lefties eat it up... and then call US the dumb ones.

Lmao are you saying a study that's been conducted for 60 years is not as good because of the length of time?

Are you 12 years old?

I think he's just butthurt that the study is calling anti gay people unintelligent. Won't you please think of the feelings of poor bigots?
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