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Why Liberals Are More Intelligent Than Conservatives (Kitten Chow, have at it folks)
Psychology Today ^
| 3/22/10
| Satoshi Kanazawa
Posted on 04/07/2015 6:19:47 AM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
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To: MayorKoch
Knock. Knock ...
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Candygram ....
To: Darksheare
Liberals lie better than conservatives because we have shame.
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04/07/2015 8:58:08 AM PDT
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stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: Servant of the Cross
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04/07/2015 9:00:04 AM PDT
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stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: MayorKoch
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04/07/2015 9:15:38 AM PDT
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Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Crazieman
Signed up, plopped down this manure pile, and then ran back to DU without commenting, like good little lefty trolls do.
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04/07/2015 9:20:04 AM PDT
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Col Freeper
(FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
To: MayorKoch
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04/07/2015 9:21:46 AM PDT
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Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: MayorKoch
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04/07/2015 9:24:14 AM PDT
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Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Servant of the Cross; CatherineofAragon
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04/07/2015 9:25:40 AM PDT
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Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: MayorKoch
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04/07/2015 9:30:01 AM PDT
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Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: MayorKoch
Want to see how smart Obama is?
Unplug his teleprompter.
He becomes a mumbling giggling idiot.
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04/07/2015 9:32:17 AM PDT
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Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: MayorKoch
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04/07/2015 9:35:58 AM PDT
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TADSLOS
(A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
To: Servant of the Cross
ROTFL
I hear the music...
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04/07/2015 9:38:31 AM PDT
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CatherineofAragon
("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office.")
To: MayorKoch
... because liberals are on average more intelligent than conservatives ...
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04/07/2015 9:43:18 AM PDT
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Col Freeper
(FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
To: Old Sarge; Servant of the Cross; MayorKoch
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.
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04/07/2015 9:45:14 AM PDT
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CatherineofAragon
("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office.")
To: MayorKoch
Satoshi Kanazawa proves yet again:
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04/07/2015 9:49:25 AM PDT
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Col Freeper
(FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
To: Old Sarge
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04/07/2015 9:49:30 AM PDT
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cyborg
(Still married... FReeping for almost nine years.)
To: Darksheare
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04/07/2015 9:53:30 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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04/07/2015 9:54:34 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: MayorKoch
Bless your heart (I'm from the South)
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04/07/2015 9:58:31 AM PDT
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liberalh8ter
(The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
To: MayorKoch
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TADSLOS
(A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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