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/ProfessionalMockery 8h ago

A lot of people here are just seeing the "Christian" in the headline and ignoring the "nationalist," which is probably more important.

I'm an atheist, so I think the claims religion makes are pretty dumb too, but nationalists, bigots, racists of any kind are consistently idiots, religious or not, and that has been established in plenty of other studies.

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u/happyilyrednow 7h ago

Nationalist or not, Christianity does not need nationalists to tarnish its reputation.

An analysis of 63 studies found a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. Source

Nationalist just add extra cringe.

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u/thenationalcranberry 7h ago

Michael, you can’t just say the word “source” and expect anything to happen.

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u/sethdc 7h ago

I declare source