Why Liberals Are More Intelligent Than Conservatives (Kitten Chow, have at it folks)

Psychology Today ^ | 3/22/10 | Satoshi Kanazawa

[MayorKoch]

It is difficult to define a whole school of political ideology precisely, but one may reasonably define liberalism (as opposed to conservatism) in the contemporary United States as the genuine concern for the welfare of genetically unrelated others and the willingness to contribute larger proportions of private resources for the welfare of such others. In the modern political and economic context, this willingness usually translates into paying higher proportions of individual incomes in taxes toward the government and its social welfare programs. Liberals usually support such social welfare programs and higher taxes to finance them, and conservatives usually oppose them.

Defined as such, liberalism is evolutionarily novel. Humans are evolutionarily designed to be altruistic toward their genetic kin, their friends and allies, and members of their deme (a group of intermarrying individuals) or ethnic group. They are not designed to be altruistic toward an indefinite number of complete strangers whom they are not likely ever to meet or interact with. This is largely because our ancestors lived in a small band of 50-150 genetically related individuals, and large cities and nations with thousands and millions of people are themselves evolutionarily novel...

Incidentally, this finding substantiates one of the persistent complaints among conservatives. Conservatives often complain that liberals control the media or the show business or the academia or some other social institutions. The Hypothesis explains why conservatives are correct in their complaints. Liberals do control the media, or the show business, or the academia, among other institutions, because, apart from a few areas in life (such as business) where countervailing circumstances may prevail, liberals control all institutions. They control the institutions because liberals are on average more intelligent than conservatives and thus they are more likely to attain the highest status in any area of (evolutionarily novel) modern life.

[Servant of the Cross]

Knock. Knock ...

Candygram ....

[stephenjohnbanker]

Liberals lie better than conservatives because we have shame.

[stephenjohnbanker]

LOL!!

[Darksheare]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSYAZnQmffg&feature=player_detailpage#t=326

[Col Freeper]

Signed up, plopped down this manure pile, and then ran back to DU without commenting, like good little lefty trolls do.

[Darksheare]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YNbWHoYCZY

[Darksheare]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlpakpa8zIA

[Old Sarge]

Ooooo, me likey!

[Darksheare]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2awbKQ2DLRE

[Darksheare]

Want to see how smart Obama is?
Unplug his teleprompter.
He becomes a mumbling giggling idiot.

[TADSLOS]

[CatherineofAragon]

ROTFL

I hear the music...

[Col Freeper]

... because liberals are on average more intelligent than conservatives ...

[CatherineofAragon]

This is the author...he's famous for putting forth theories that homos are more intelligent than straight people, and black women are uglier than females of other races. He was dismissed from Psychology Today.

He looks as queer as a three dollar bill, LOL.

[Col Freeper]

Satoshi Kanazawa proves yet again:

[cyborg]

LOL

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[SunkenCiv]

[liberalh8ter]

Bless your heart (I'm from the South)

[TADSLOS]