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Liberals and Atheists Smarter? Intelligent People..(What a load)
Science Daily ^ | 02-25-10 | Kanazawa et al

Posted on 02/25/2010 9:26:39 AM PST by 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."

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KEYWORDS: atheist; evolution; liberal
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To: Mr. K

Is “smart” a synonym for “gullible”? If so, I heartily agree! Bob


41 posted on 02/28/2010 12:04:34 PM PST by alstewartfan (I "The uninvited guest is breaking up the feast!" Al Stewart)
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