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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Carl on February 24, 2010, 05:17:14 PM
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-24-10 04:33 PM
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Liberals and atheists are smarter than other people
Edited on Wed Feb-24-10 04:34 PM by DavidDvorkin
Science says it's true:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/1002241326...
Being both a liberal and an atheist, I'm smart enough to anticipate some angry objections to this item.
MineralMan (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-24-10 04:39 PM
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1. Well....natch!
Deep13 (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-24-10 04:39 PM
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2. Gottah love those infuriating, but accurate scientific conclusions.
handmade34 (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-24-10 04:45 PM
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5. no objection from me
being one of those smart, liberal, athesists.
"Similarly, religion is a byproduct of humans' tendency to perceive agency and intention as causes of events... Humans are evolutionarily designed to be paranoid, and they believe in God because they are paranoid... This innate bias toward paranoia served humans well when self-preservation and protection of their families and clans depended on extreme vigilance to all potential dangers"
explains so much
DUmmies accusing others of being paranoid... :rotf:
Deep13 (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-24-10 04:53 PM
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14. Epithets like "elitist, "egghead", "ivory tower" indicate that. nt
Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-24-10 04:56 PM
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15. Yeah. Fortunately, we smarties have been dealing with this shit since grade school
been there, done that. Their insults make me proud.
newtothegame (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-24-10 05:02 PM
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17. And we can't figure out why people think we're arrogant...nt
There you have it from the group that has spooked and his cinder blocks and chicken wire,Pam Dawson that knows she is mocked for being an idiot on the island but can`t stop posting the same threads,fools like Atman that spew stupid when they say what time it is and the likes of an it known as Underground Panther.
Almost every poster there claims mental illness,addiction to drugs of some variety and are all just one day away from being homeless like bobbo (who is soooo smart she has been homeless for years).
They are the cream of the crop and we should all salute their genius. :cheersmate:
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Since they love studies so much, what about the ones that say conservatives are happier, and that liberalism is a mental disorder. Those must be valid also, and if Liberalism is a mental disorder, then that disorder probably involves narcissism and an inflated opinion of self worth.
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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.
Wow, such a huge difference... :rotf:
In the current study, Kanazawa argues that humans are evolutionarily designed to be conservative, caring mostly about their family and friends, and being liberal, caring about an indefinite number of genetically unrelated strangers they never meet or interact with, is evolutionarily novel. So more intelligent children may be more likely to grow up to be liberals
Well, it's a theory, anyway. :lmao: :lmao:
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We need a smiley of a crazy bat flying erratically and dropping poop
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This "study" seems to ascribe habitual thinking and brain washing to genetics.
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Yeah because people who continue to blindly believe in global warming...I mean climate change, in spite of all the things we know they fudged and/or completely lied about, must be smarter than everyone else. Besides, it's not considered faith when liberals believe what's unseen, even Gaia, mother earth, and Axl Rose.
Cindie
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Liberals and atheists are smarter than other people
I have seen no evidence of this at DU.
At all.
In the current study, Kanazawa argues that humans are evolutionarily designed to be conservative, caring mostly about their family and friends, and being liberal, caring about an indefinite number of genetically unrelated strangers they never meet or interact with, is evolutionarily novel. So more intelligent children may be more likely to grow up to be liberals
That doesn't necessarily relate to DUmmies. It seems that most of them have some personal stake in entitlement programs. They're chronically unemployed - won't work or can't work because they are unable to socially relate to other people, think they are above certain kinds of work, object to the political philosophy of potential employers, refuse to start at the bottom of the ladder, fail to cultivate any marketable skills, are mentally unstable or claim to be too physically disabled to do anything productive. They can't ask their families for help because they've managed to alienate most of them. They wrap themselves in the cloak of "caring about others" when it's really all about them as individuals.
How many times have we seen them complain about the homeless and disadvantaged yet they won't lift a finger to help those people one-on-one? Oh wait, they will on occasion give a wino a cardboard box in which to sleep. How caring.
It requires no great nobility to demand that government extract "charity" from others at the point of a gun. It takes no sacrifice to address the needs of a hungry person by giving them the phone number to the local welfare office. There is no altruism in sending the down-and-out "good vibes" or pictures of your hands.
The largest non-government relief and humanitarian organizations in the world are sponsored by religious organizations or have people of faith at their helms. They're not waiting on government legislation, that may or may not materialize, to help people. Those are the people who care about the well being of strangers.
They are, by and large, not DUers.
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Are Liberals Smarter Than Conservatives?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587229,00.html
So "Red Eye" fan and evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa e-mailed me about a paper he wrote in Social Psychology Quarterly. It's called "Why Liberals and Atheists Are More Intelligent."
Already, I hate it.
According to Satoshi, humans are "evolutionarily designed to be conservative and religious." But he claims smarter people are more likely to go against this design and become liberals and atheists. Apparently this rebelliousness doesn't show up in the rest of us dumb folk.
Now, of course, these findings will be trumpeted far and wide by the left, just as they would have been by the right if the results were different.
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Here's why: Satoshi's really suggesting that smart people are more likely to take risks and experiment. This makes sense, but only temporarily.
It just so happens that I was once an outspoken liberal, a normal state for an attention-seeking teenager with back acne. But, after awhile, I started rejecting the easy romance of leftism, as hard reality started hitting me in the face.
...snip
Bottom line: Braininess isn't reflected in rebellion against common sense. Instead, it's rebellion against rebellion that shows real smarts — that and an acceptance that unicorns rule and griffins suck.
...snip
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I watched that earlier tonight. I've started DVRing his show since I'm rarely awake at that hour.
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In the current study, Kanazawa argues that humans are evolutionarily designed to be conservative
Speaking of near anagrams, I heard almost nothing about Kwanzaa this year. What's up with that?
Is the dude that made it up back in prison?
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Speaking of near anagrams, I heard almost nothing about Kwanzaa this year. What's up with that?
Is the dude that made it up back in prison?
You didn"t get my Happy Kwanzaa card this year? Damn Postal Service.
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You didn"t get my Happy Kwanzaa card this year? Damn Postal Service.
HEY! Enough with the "damn Postal Service" stuff!
If you mail it, then it will be delivered....
I just might take a year or so, but it will be delivered.... :-)
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Well get that!
A liberal leftist web site manned by liberal atheist pseudo scientists writing a paper stating that their "scientific belief set" is correct over other people's religious belief sets.
Go figger...
It is the pinnacle of hypocrisy is when a person (atheist) uses his belief set to denigrate and show their bigotry towards other people (Christians) because of their belief sets.
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HEY! Enough with the "damn Postal Service" stuff!
If you mail it, then it will be delivered....
I just might take a year or so, but it will be delivered.... :-)
As long as it gets there by next kwanzaa. Hey, maybe I don't have to send them out next year...
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In the current study, Kanazawa argues that humans are evolutionarily designed to be conservative, caring mostly about their family and friends, and being liberal, caring about an indefinite number of genetically unrelated strangers they never meet or interact with, is evolutionarily novel. So more intelligent children may be more likely to grow up to be liberals
And THAT my friends, is why the blue states have the lowest donations to and support of charities, the HIGHEST crime rates, unemployment, poverty rates, homeless people rates, taxes, and the LOWEST PUBLIC SCHOOL TEST SCORES.
Be proud you intolerant America wreaking cocksuckers!
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If you mail it, then it will be delivered....
I just might take a year or so, but it will be delivered.... :-)
Its been months and months since we have heard of a postal worker hoardinig the mail in a backroom or something
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For some reason, this thought popped into my head today: An atheist who makes a big deal about God being a fairy tale who then turns around and professes a belief in liberalism/socialism has a serious case of cognitive dissonance.
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HEY! Enough with the "damn Postal Service" stuff!
If you mail it, then it will be delivered....
I just might take a year or so, but it will be delivered.... :-)
NEWMAN!
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I'll take on any and every DUmbass at the DUmp as far as IQ. I've been a member of Mensa since I was in the 8th grade, yet I believe in my creator! These idiots couldn't find their way out of a wet paper sack, yet want to tell us we're ignorant. I sure as hell want to be standing along St Peter when he tells them to take a flyin' ****!
Talk about hypocritical irony! It never ceases at the DUmp! Never have I seen such a bunch of holier than though individuals without a clue!
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Wow, such a huge difference... :rotf:
I noticed that, too. 5 IQ points does not indicate a notable difference. I even bet that the "plus/minus" for the IQ scores pretty much destroys any notable difference between the two groups.
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Children with an I.Q. of 103? They actually used that in the study? If they are so bright, these libs, why is their I.Q. score so flat?
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Children with an I.Q. of 103? They actually used that in the study? If they are so bright, these libs, why is their I.Q. score so flat?
Because hot air is thin.
And another thing, if they're so smart, why does it cost so much to educate'em.