• PineRune@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    I wonder if this has anything to do with why they’re cutting education programs from their budgets left and right… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    12 days ago

    A healthy, well educated population which feels safe and secure is incompatible with, and toxic to, conservative and authoritarian ideologies.

    They need you to be sick, stupid, and scared.

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    12 days ago

    This suggests that individuals with higher cognitive abilities may be slightly more likely to hold conservative economic views. However, this correlation is weak and indicates that cognitive ability is just one of many factors influencing political ideology.

    Weak correlation between higher cognitive ability correlating with more conservative economic view

    Conclusion: The researchers concluded that multiple causal mechanisms with countervailing effects might explain the low overall association between cognitive ability and economic political attitudes

    Duh…not exactly accurate title?

    As much as i like shitting on republicans, if you link sources they should at least back it up??

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      12 days ago

      Meta-analyses have revealed negative correlations between cognitive ability and social conservatism or authoritarianism, suggesting that individuals with lower cognitive abilities may be more likely to adopt socially conservative stances.

      Well there is that at least…