Higher Cognitive Ability, Less Concern for Political Correctness – Study Finds

Daily Skeptic ^ | February 20, 2023 | Noah Carl

[Tell It Right]

Liking math makes it hard to be a leftist.

[simpson96]

Being woke means rejecting a whole lot of things that result from applying cognitive ability.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

That’s why math is racist.

[BitWielder1]

Intelligent people can distinguish between important and unimportant, something Leftists are notoriously bad at.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Saw this today: Not One Student Was Proficient In Math In 23 Baltimore Schools

[Night Hides Not]

A = A is racist.

[Nifster]

Well that explains much

[Bobalu]

I always said I wasn’t as dumb as I looked.

:-)

[philman_36]

I always said I wasn’t as dumb as I looked.
That's a problem if you look dumb.
{;^)

[Republican Wildcat]

you might assume the woke would have higher intelligence

"Might assume"? Try never. Stupidity is not intelligence by definition.

[cdcdawg]

“I try to educate people around me about the political meaning of their words”.

For instance, “democracy,” “our values,” “who we are,” and “rules-based order” are various ways of saying “sodomy” when the globalists say them.

[DoughtyOne]

I found this paragraph particularly enlightening, or should
I say hilarious

Having said that, the study’s findings are consistent with
previous research that finds cognitive ability is associated
with broadly classically liberal beliefs, such as support
for free speech, democracy and rights for women, and
opposition to state control of the economy.

The people he described in the dark blue text, are not
firmly in favor of the things listed in the red text.

Yes, support for free speech as long as it conforms to their
world view. If it doesn't, sensor it, sensor it NOW!

Democracy? Sorry fella, but the Democracy you think you
grasp, isn't the Socialist Democracy they have in mind.

Rights for women, as long as those rights conform to what
the state says they do, which never happens under Socialism.
Women in these countries have block captains that check up
on their menstrual cycles. They order the birth control for you.
If you get their permission, you can have the baby. If they
don't, good luck with "my body, my choice". Not
happening!

Opposition to state control of the economy? LOL, please
point me to one nation under Socialism that has that as
it's modus operandi.

[DoughtyOne]

I read that a while back also.

But they can recite all 72 genders, until they become 11,213.

[dayglored]

It said "classically liberal" not "modern liberal".

Modern liberals are what we call Marxists, and of them you are correct.

Classical liberals are what we call "libertarians", who do indeed support those ideals in red.

[dayglored]

Note also the lowercase 'l' in "libertarian".

Uppercase 'L' is the Libertarian Party which is something else, largely unrelated to classical liberalism.

[DoughtyOne]

You make a good point, but I will say this. Going back to
1972, the Democrat party ventured out onto it’s new Liberal
path.

Now I get your classically liberal intention here, but who
is this guy polling? Anyone in his stride in 1972, is now
in his 90s.

Is he going to nursing homes and finding classically liberal
people worth their salt, to poll?

At some point the reference to “classically liberal” loses
its validity.

It seems to me that it’s likely he’s actually polling
Liberals, and not the classic variety.

He didn’t reference Libertarians. If he had I wouldn’t
have responded to his comments as I did.

Did I miss a reference to Libertarians?

[Jan_Sobieski]

I must be a super genius! ;-)

[dayglored]

> He didn’t reference Libertarians. If he had I wouldn’t have responded to his comments as I did. Did I miss a reference to Libertarians?

Well, certainly not big-L Libertarians. As I mentioned, big-L Libertarians (i.e. the Libertarian Party) aren't classical liberals. By and large, they're loons.

And the reference to small-l libertarians was indirect, not explicit. So I'll grant you a pass on that, too.

With regard to age:

> Now I get your classically liberal intention here, but who is this guy polling? Anyone in his stride in 1972, is now in his 90s. Is he going to nursing homes and finding classically liberal people worth their salt, to poll? At some point the reference to “classically liberal” loses its validity.

Depends on what you call "stride". In 1972 I was 20 years old, and arguably getting ready to "hit my stride". I'm 71 now, work full-time in Engineering, play in three rock bands, and don't look a day over 60. :-) "Stride" is where you find it.

But you're (unfortunately) correct that we "classical liberals" -- small-l libertarians -- are a diminishing breed. The extreme polarization of modern politics and social viewpoints has all but eliminated any reasonable, sensible, dare I say moderate, position. We are ignored by both the Right and the Left for insufficient ideological purity. *sigh*

[DoughtyOne]

I’m 71 also, and honestly I’m not sure others would really
grasp what you mean by classical liberals.

Is that kind of dying out, or am I not as well informed on
that class of political leaning as I should be?

If I had to expound on those beliefs, I would probably
get a few things wrong also. I have an overall view of
it, but not an exact grasp. I’ve seen it addressed over
the years and I believe my perception is fairly accurate
even if I couldn’t perfectly describe it.