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Conservatism & cognitive ability = negatively correlated (study)
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Bikini Mod
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Does this mean that people who are narrow aren't really as smart as those who can think more broadly and "outside the box"? 
(lotta big words that confuse me easily so I need someone to dumb it down for me, just a bit.)
(lotta big words that confuse me easily so I need someone to dumb it down for me, just a bit.)
Bikini Mod
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A formal education does not = intelligence.
true, to be honest i dont feel any more intelligent from before i went back to college. but we have to have a way to quantify something like that and the standard usually is education level.
mrplunkey
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... and thinking that an abstract concept such as "conservatism" could be quantified and run through a correlation analysis to place a thin veneer of credibility on the study = a good intelligence test in and of itself.
I eagerly await the study that correlates "fun" people to people who like "bands who sound bangin' cool" -- I can hardly wait.
I'm savoring the irony of this situation.
:wave:
I eagerly await the study that correlates "fun" people to people who like "bands who sound bangin' cool" -- I can hardly wait.
I'm savoring the irony of this situation.
:wave:
mrplunkey
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I've been crazy busy.
I figured everyone could enjoy their hope and change while I got busy with work.
nothing to enjoy yet. still waiting.
mrplunkey
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Elections have consequences. People voted for what's being done to them, so it's not like they don't deserve what they get.
On a positive note, things are going incredibly well here.
javaguru
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I didn't read the whole thing. How did they define "conservatism?"
Also, it would have been more interesting to use ivy league schools and not community colleges for the study.
Bikini Mod
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So no one is going to dumb this down for us limited folk.
*takes red wagon*
Fine... BE THAT WAY.
*takes red wagon*
Fine... BE THAT WAY.
mrplunkey
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And eugenics. Don't forget eugenics.
and the real reason that minorities smoke and live shorter lives than Europeans...
what about the prison population??
Does this mean that people who are narrow aren't really as smart as those who can think more broadly and "outside the box"?
(lotta big words that confuse me easily so I need someone to dumb it down for me, just a bit.)
I know plenty of liberals who are equally narrow minded. Being liberal does not equate to thinking "outside the box." I'm (on many issues) socially conservative and my views came from a combination of experience and education. I actually USED to be liberal and once I got out into the real world changed my mind on a lot of issues.
What plunky said is dead on of course. This is an absolutely flawed study to begin with.
Bikini Mod
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You do realize I was tongue-in-cheeking on this thread... right?
(I have a wierd sense of humor, typically it translates online but not always.)
javaguru
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Well, from what I read, they looked at standardized test scores. I blame the educational system and not "conservatism." William F. Buckley, the founder of modern American conservatism, wasn't an intellectual lightweight. He considered shrub a conservative and not a Conservative. He also warned against the rise of the religious right and the danger the party faced by embracing it.
Bikini Mod
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Clearly, no one on this thread is *getting* my humor.
Now I really am leaving the school yard.
Now I really am leaving the school yard.
javaguru
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I'm kind of interested in how they defined a "conservative." I could only read the very limited abstract.
This is true as well of course. it's no secret that bible belt public schools are by and large less than stellar.
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