Genetic variations help explain the link between cognitive ability and liberalism
Genetic variations help explain the link between cognitive ability and liberalism
Recent research has found that both IQ and genetic markers can predict political leanings towards liberalism and lower authoritarianism, suggesting our political views may be partly wired in our DNA.
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Wow! That’s more than a little pejorative.
I mean the study seems pretty straightforward. If you take it to be pejorative, that might say more about you than the study.
Its not like the link between high intelligence and left-wing beliefs is new. Its extremely well established. IQ is a significant predictor of political beliefs. There are hundreds of studies that demonstrate and reproduce this.
The addition this study made was to control the variation for within family variation, which further confirmed the already known claim that IQ predicts political beliefs, extending it to within family variation. Effectively the same genetic markers for intelligence predict political belief. It shouldn't really be a shocking conclusion.
What about smart people falling for conspiracies and outdated beliefs, like Watson? Outliers?
Edit: downvoted for asking a question.
They didn't say it was true 100% of the time, they said there was a correlation and it and seems to be predictive.
Reality knows conservatism is inherently "stupid".
Lemmy eats this stuff up
And every single time a new study comes out that shows conservative brains are basically defective conservatives deny the truth.
there are stupid people on both sides. psychology is a very left-leaning field as is academia.
regardless, if this study is true, here's a study that shows that the more intelligent you are, the more intolerant you are: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-55298-001