r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 9h ago

Psychology Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education

https://www.psypost.org/lower-cognitive-ability-is-linked-to-stronger-christian-nationalist-views-even-after-accounting-for-education/
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u/AllanfromWales1 MA | Natural Sciences | Metallurgy & Materials Science 9h ago

Any thoughts on whether this is a worldwide issue (though obviously with different religions) or whether it is specific to the USA?

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u/GWsublime 8h ago

Why would one expect this to be limited to the US?

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u/AllanfromWales1 MA | Natural Sciences | Metallurgy & Materials Science 8h ago

I suspect that cultural differences across the world would affect the extent to which this is true. Nationalism (whether religious or otherwise) is much stronger in some countries than in others.

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u/GWsublime 8h ago

True, but it tends to have the same flaws and the same requirement that you not think to hard about your beliefs.

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u/AllanfromWales1 MA | Natural Sciences | Metallurgy & Materials Science 6h ago

I'd still be interested to see a comparison between USA and, say, Japan, Norway, Malawi and Venezuela..