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This isn’t enough info right? Wouldn’t we need to know the baseline before they state women dont shift to the left at a higher IQ?
Like if when are 80% progressive already, a high IQ might make them 85% progressive
But if men are 30% progressive an a high IQ makes them 70% progressive.
yea let's fight white supremacy with white supremacy, that always works
Caring about IQ is stupid even when it validates your preconceptions.
Disregarding peer reviewed data is even worse I'd argue
I'll regard it, but I'm not sure what useful conclusions can be drawn from it. This seems like polarization bait that lets left-of-center types feel smug about how much smarter they are than conservatives, and right-of-center types can indulge in a good pity party about how biased those socialist Europeans are against conservatives. Something for everybody, accomplishing nothing. Who gives a fuck about who has the higher IQ? What has it to do with whether a persons actions are just or unjust? Even if we take for granted that IQ is a reasonable measure of intelligence, intelligent people are just as capable of doing terrible, selfish things.
Imagine a scenario where this same study was conducted but it found that conservative men had higher IQs. Same study, same methodological rigor, different result. How would your opinions or beliefs about the world change? Would you be inclined to think that maybe conservatives are perhaps going about things the right way, by virtue of this study? I would hope not. Even if we could measure intelligence, hell, if we could even define intelligence cogently and comprehensively, what impact should that have on our decision making? Are "smarter" people considered more right? Or should statements be evaluated on their individual merits, regardless of the quantified "smartness" of the person who said them?
I think it should be the latter. IQ is at best a curiosity and it should have no place in the evaluation of government or social policy. Thank you for coming to my soapbox harangue.
What a surprise!
yes and/or duh
"The current study showed that high intelligence does not, as one might assume, lead to radical political positions. Instead, highly gifted adults are on average just as politically diverse and moderate as the rest of the population."
I'm confused. More intelligence means more liberal but very high intelligence aka gifted — diverse views?
More educated people tend to understand and vale nuance.
An issue with understanding nuance is that you can use it to justify doing things that tend to favor yourself.