Liberals and Atheists Smarter? Intelligent People..(What a load)

Science Daily ^ | 02-25-10 | Kanazawa et al

[blasater1960]

The theory suggests that more intelligent people are more likely than less intelligent people to adopt evolutionarily novel preferences and values, but intelligence does not correlate with preferences and values that are old enough to have been shaped by evolution over millions of years."

"Evolutionarily novel" preferences and values are those that humans are not biologically designed to have and our ancestors probably did not possess. In contrast, those that our ancestors had for millions of years are "evolutionarily familiar."

[blasater1960]

It is evolutionarily novel to reject G-d and "care" for others who you are not biologically related to. Therefore libs are more intelligent.

What a load.....

[Mr. K]

We always knew that they thought they were oh so much smarter than everyone else

Now this is just proof

[cripplecreek]

Why aren’t they smart enough to figure out why people don’t like them much?

[Liberty1970]

Given the centrality of having more offspring to natural selection theory, the fact that ‘intelligent’ liberals have horrible childbirth rates blows holes in this kind of evolutionary thinking.

[Cicero]

Well, I’ll take this one with a grain of salt, thanks.

But here’s another, rather more sensible article by the same author, on “Why modern feminism is illogical, unnecessary, and evil”:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/200908/why-modern-feminism-is-illogical-unnecessary-and-evil

So, this guy isn’t totally dumb. Evidently, he’s been reading too much Darwin, and just needs a conversion experience.

[STONEWALLS]

..I’d invite the author to drop by the Liberal Arts dept of any university and check out the ‘more intelligent’ faculty...see how they’re doing in their private lives...see how they dress...see their personal appearance...see what kind of cars they drive...see how they’re still paying off student loans at 45...see what kind of housing they’re stuck in...see how they drink....then tell me how ‘intelligent’ they are.

[Reaganesque]

If you have to tell people you are intelligent, chances are, you aren't.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Did this include only the “university intelligentsia” elitists or was it a more “diverse” group of libs, including the radical leftist voters in the central cities?

[sauropod]

This smacks of the Frankfurt school...

[Tribune7]

[Obadiah]

“Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.”

[Bitsy]

We always knew that they thought they were oh so much smarter than everyone else

So do schizophrenics that’s not saying they’re right.

[Our man in washington]

Young adults who subjectively identify themselves as "very liberal" have an average IQ of 106 during adolescence while those who identify themselves as "very conservative" have an average IQ of 95 during adolescence.

Young adults who identify themselves as "not at all religious" have an average IQ of 103 during adolescence, while those who identify themselves as "very religious" have an average IQ of 97 during adolescence.

It's interesting they have to go to the fringes ("very this" and "very that") to find an effect. Anyway, smart young people tend to want to reshape the whole world to show how smart they are, so they are often drawn to liberalism and rejection of religious tradition. I suggest they do the studies again after these youngsters grow up and pay taxes for a few years.

[Ben Mugged]

Who said the following:

"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
"I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice."
"God is subtle but he is not malicious."
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
"God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically."
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school."
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
"Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves."
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."

Albert Einstein

[blasater1960]

"the fact that ‘intelligent’ liberals have horrible childbirth rates blows holes in this kind of evolutionary thinking"

Exactly...plus liberal-atheist aversion to self-reliance and tendency towards imposition of central authority, which has lead to mass starvation and/or murder. This is evolutionary superiority?

[Obadiah]

No surprise here. This is a foundational tenet of liberalism. They believe themselves to be smarter than everyone else and therefore they seek to control everyone else because of their perception that they know better.

This is a liberal axiom, and it is a reason why these fools crave power. It is their hubris and they are blind to the fact that they are actually fools.

[ETL]

Atheism is ever bit “faith-based” as traditional religion. How can they know for certain that God doesn’t exist.

[reagan_fanatic]

The article would be more accurate if it had said that they were more arrogant.

[ClearCase_guy]

The central idea of Evoltuion is the notion that man can change and improve over time. Aristotle? That's old thinking, man. He has nothing to teach us. If you want real wisdom, listen to my boy Al Gore. You're interested in morality? Well, don't go to the Bible! What would those old Hebrews know about morality?? I get all my moral guidelines from Jean-Paul Sartre.

Science today wants (needs) to reject all of the old thinking, and any notion that there might be a power higher than Man. And they publish crap like this to bolster their position.

[Gay State Conservative]

I’ll bet the shirt on my back that the average IQ of those who support Hussein today is lower than that of those who don’t.