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ollie89
09/13/18 5:00:33 PM
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https://sputniknews.com/world/201806031065059114-Study-Links-Low-Intelligence-to-Fear-of-Gay-Lifestyle/
A new study from researchers at University of Queensland, Australia, has identified that those with low cognitive ability defined as diminished mechanisms of learning, memory, problem-solving, and attention focus are much more likely to be prejudiced against people with different lifestyles, notably sexual orientation.

Participants in the exhaustive research project who scored low in three cognitive ability measures were consistently found to disagree with statements supporting equal rights for same-sex couples and the LGBT population, according to Inquisitr.com.

The study, titled "The Cognitive Roots of Prejudice Towards Same-Sex Couples: An Analysis of an Australian National Sample," was published in the peer-reviewed journal Intelligence, and is claimed to be the first deep analysis of the relationship between low cognitive ability and attitudes toward LGBT issues.

The Queensland study analyzed data acquired from over 11,600 Australians participating in a Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey that sought, in part, to detail family dynamics, as well as identify economic and emotional well-being in the nation.

In a statement, study author Perales noted that, "despite the significance [] of the subject matter, few studies have specifically addressed the links between cognitive ability and attitudes towards LGBT issues."

There have been a lot of studies that have come the same conclusion, but this is by far the biggest study on this subject.

What do you guys think? Surprising? Or unsurprising?
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Shopaholic163
09/13/18 5:02:01 PM
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ollie89 posted...
What do you guys think? Surprising? Or unsurprising?

Not surprising at all.

Some of the most unintelligent and embarrassing people I know are the super anti-gay ones.
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mD_atheist
09/13/18 5:02:13 PM
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Not surprising
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C_Pain
09/13/18 5:03:11 PM
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i'm scared of them

they're gonna turn me gay
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Zach_is_back
09/13/18 5:03:53 PM
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mD_atheist posted...
Not surprising

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UnfairRepresent
09/13/18 5:04:09 PM
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Queensland, Australia,

Okay for everyone who doesn't know, Queensland is the "Deadbeat Inbred South" sterotype of Australia that even Australians are embarrased about.

So TC is super dishonest.
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ZannoL
09/13/18 5:06:27 PM
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Yea folks who hate gay people are not usually the brightest lol
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BruceWayneJr
09/13/18 5:07:50 PM
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No shit.
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HylianFox
09/13/18 5:07:59 PM
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Most forms of irrational hatred/fear come from stupid people
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sktgamer_13dude
09/13/18 5:08:29 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Queensland, Australia,

Okay for everyone who doesn't know, Queensland is the "Deadbeat Inbred South" sterotype of Australia that even Australians are embarrased about.

So TC is super dishonest.

Found one of the subjects who doesnt like the gays.
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clearaflagrantj
09/13/18 5:09:50 PM
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C_Pain posted...
i'm scared of them

they're gonna turn me gay

I know right, with their sculpted arms and their ripped abs
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DEKMStephens
09/13/18 5:10:52 PM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Queensland, Australia,

Okay for everyone who doesn't know, Queensland is the "Deadbeat Inbred South" sterotype of Australia that even Australians are embarrased about.

So TC is super dishonest.

Found one of the subjects who doesnt like the gays.

It's also somewhat dishonest equating UQ to the state of Queensland itself. It seemed like a decent university when I visited it last year
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vocedelmorte
09/13/18 5:10:55 PM
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New study ? I think everyone aware that lower intellect = more likely to be close minded
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UnfairRepresent
09/13/18 5:11:37 PM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Queensland, Australia,

Okay for everyone who doesn't know, Queensland is the "Deadbeat Inbred South" sterotype of Australia that even Australians are embarrased about.

So TC is super dishonest.

Found one of the subjects who doesnt like the gays.

?

I have nothing against anyone, I'm just pointing out TC's intellectual dishonesty.
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hollow_shrine
09/13/18 5:12:36 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Queensland, Australia,

Yes. That's the location of the school that did the study, the University of Queensland in Australia.

If the school is bad, and their study is bunk, the fact that the association of the research to the geographical area of Queensland, Australia is at best only tangential to the actual problems with the research. Bad methodology, inconsistent data collection, cut corners due to negligence or funding, vague or even dishonest reporting of results, etc., enabled by larger failings in the academic environment of the school at large. We need more here than Queensland = Poor = TC is dishonest for posting an article taking about the study. Maybe there's something wrong with the article. I don't know. You do seem to know something, so share and be specific.

So the rest of that innuendo, and that conclusion in particular about TC being intellectually dishonest, have no logical connection to one another. It's a non-sequitur. The researcher quoted in the OP also mentions that theirs is not the first department to ask these kind of questions, just one of the larger efforts.
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Minecraft10
09/13/18 5:12:39 PM
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BruceWayneJr posted...
No shit.
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HighOnSolar
09/13/18 5:13:25 PM
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homophobic people are unintelligent, and now, sports
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ALIEN_WORK2HOP
09/13/18 5:15:34 PM
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do these people also happen to vote republican? and tend to be more racist? and tend to own guns? noooo wayyyy
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sktgamer_13dude
09/13/18 5:17:12 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
sktgamer_13dude posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Queensland, Australia,

Okay for everyone who doesn't know, Queensland is the "Deadbeat Inbred South" sterotype of Australia that even Australians are embarrased about.

So TC is super dishonest.

Found one of the subjects who doesnt like the gays.

?

I have nothing against anyone, I'm just pointing out TC's intellectual dishonesty.

Youre pointing out nothing.

Just because I think Mississippi is a joke, doesnt mean that I think the University of Mississippi is a joke.
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UnfairRepresent
09/13/18 5:17:33 PM
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ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted...
do these people also happen to vote republican? and tend to be more racist? and tend to own guns? noooo wayyyy

This is Australia

There are no guns, there is crazy heavy gun control.

And the Liberal party is the far right one.

No really, the left wing one is the Labour Party.
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Medussa
09/13/18 5:17:33 PM
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Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

jesus, people. (or should that be Jesus people?) we learned this 40 years ago.
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EnragedSlith
09/13/18 5:19:12 PM
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Its natural to be distrustful of things you dont understand. Intelligent people are more inclined to examine their feelings and immerse themselves in the unfamiliar. Seems like common sense.
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Kineth
09/13/18 5:22:11 PM
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Shopaholic163 posted...
ollie89 posted...
What do you guys think? Surprising? Or unsurprising?

Not surprising at all.

Some of the most unintelligent and embarrassing people I know are the super anti-gay ones.

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TwinStars
09/13/18 5:22:32 PM
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Trailer trash like this:

BeBxVgc

is what's wrong with the world. They have small minds that are primed to hate.
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Kineth
09/13/18 5:24:43 PM
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Pepys Monster posted...
The next huge study: people with low intelligence tend to own more guns


ftfy

Oh, so you deleted your posts calling people dumb for being afraid of guns? Weirddd
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s0nicfan
09/13/18 5:28:15 PM
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KirbyMagicWand
09/13/18 5:29:14 PM
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EnragedSlith posted...
Its natural to be distrustful of things you dont understand. Intelligent people are more inclined to examine their feelings and immerse themselves in the unfamiliar. Seems like common sense.

Pretty much what I came in here to say.
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Space_Man
09/13/18 5:48:53 PM
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Wonder what that says about the culture that thinks it's acceptable to throw gays off buildings.
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s0nicfan
09/13/18 5:54:02 PM
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Space_Man posted...
Wonder what that says about the culture that thinks it's acceptable to throw gays off buildings.


The one that thinks an illiterate child rapist who started with nothing built the largest empire in the history of mankind without performing a single act of aggression?
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Fuparulez
09/13/18 6:18:09 PM
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So a lot of you aggressively dislike people who dislike homosexual people. So in effect...

"I don't like people who think differently than me because they don't like people who think differently than them!"
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UnfairRepresent
09/13/18 6:21:26 PM
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Fuparulez posted...
So a lot of you aggressively dislike people who dislike homosexual people. So in effect...

"I don't like people who think differently than me because they don't like people who think differently than them!"

lolwut
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ZannoL
09/13/18 6:25:27 PM
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Fuparulez posted...
So a lot of you aggressively dislike people who dislike homosexual people. So in effect...

"I don't like people who think differently than me because they don't like people who think differently than them!"

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SageHarpuia
09/13/18 6:27:14 PM
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Huge study
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0AbsoluteZero0
09/13/18 8:56:14 PM
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@Fuparulez posted...
So a lot of you aggressively dislike people who dislike homosexual people. So in effect...

"I don't like people who think differently than me because they don't like people who think differently than them!"

What a great take. So I assume youre also on board with being racist and sexist with impunity, right? Because calling bigots out or expressing a dislike for them is apparently equally as bad as their bigotry
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Medussa
09/13/18 8:57:16 PM
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0AbsoluteZero0 posted...
@Fuparulez posted...
So a lot of you aggressively dislike people who dislike homosexual people. So in effect...

"I don't like people who think differently than me because they don't like people who think differently than them!"

What a great take. So I assume youre also on board with being racist and sexist with impunity, right? Because calling bigots out or expressing a dislike for them is apparently equally as bad as their bigotry


worse, actually. we're only doing it to get brownie points with the libs, apparently.
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Kineth
09/13/18 9:48:12 PM
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Fuparulez posted...
So a lot of you aggressively dislike people who dislike homosexual people. So in effect...

"I don't like people who think differently than me because they don't like people who think differently than them!"


I'll say that I don't like people who have poor reasoning skills.
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ZannoL
09/14/18 12:16:14 AM
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Kineth posted...
Fuparulez posted...
So a lot of you aggressively dislike people who dislike homosexual people. So in effect...

"I don't like people who think differently than me because they don't like people who think differently than them!"


I'll say that I don't like people who have poor reasoning skills.
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