Phokus

Abstract:

ScienceDirect - Intelligence : Conservatism and cognitive ability

Copy of full study:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mxzhn2...nservatism.pdf

Growing up, i always knew this was true. The most ignorant and bigoted kids at my school were always of the conservative persuasion (especially the socially conservative kids).

Edit:

Hilariously enough, on the same site, intelligence and semen quality are positively correlated, so hopefully conservativism will be bred out of existence

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...085b749d5d38f6

IcyPatriot

Well wow ... a group that in 1984 called for the strengthening of liberal learning on campus came up with those results ... amazing how that happened. Look ... blue states traditionally are states robust with higher education. But to think a political opinion of a human is correlated to intelligence is in a way very racist in a round about way. i'd like to think all humans are capable of great things regardless of politics, race or gender. I've often thought far left liberals to be a bit looney but i never questioned their intelligence ... just how they use it at times.

Phokus

I'm not sure you understand what 'liberal arts' means

Liberal education and the ... - Google Book Search

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_arts

"The term liberal arts denotes a curriculum that imparts general knowledge and develops the student’s rational thought and intellectual capabilities[vague], unlike the professional, vocational, technical curricula emphasizing specialization. The contemporary liberal arts comprise studying art, literature, languages, philosophy, politics, history, mathematics, and science."

resnor

I guess when you talk about bigoted and ignorant, you're not referring to people, like yourself, who completely dismiss a whole segment of society's views on government. I mean, liberals like to tell everyone that they are so open-minded and tolerant...unless, of course, you have an opposite opinion of them...then they call you bigoted and ignorant.

Classic.

IcyPatriot

I understand wtf liberal arts means ... these people believe in liberal education and there is a distinction between liberal education and liberal arts. There's nothing wrong with liberal arts ... not is there anything wrong with a liberal education in high school or college. But a liberal thinking institution is not going to do a study and back a conservative method or mentality of anything ... it's not what they do that's all i am saying.

Phokus

It's not our fault that you guys believe the earth is 6000 years old, that you think evolution is a myth, and that you actually want to incorporate Intelligent Design should be taught in schools. Perhaps the ignorance of conservativism isn't so much rooted in genes as it is in willful ignorance.

IcyPatriot

Well there you go ... now we agree at least. Intelligence and ignorance are distinctive. Intelligent people don't always use their intelligence for the greater good of others. Also ... are any institutes of any kind ever in the middle? Aren't most of them biased to their cause?

resnor

Hmmmm...I have less than 30 posts on this board, and haven't said anything anywhere about the age of the earth, evolution, or Intelligent Design. Yet, because I'm conservative, you think that you can jump all over me about something? We're discussing intelligence, and the lack of respect of opposing viewpoints, and you go and demonstrate exactly what I was talking about. Anyone who disagrees with you must be an idiot to believe the things that they believe.

I'd be interested to hear your defense, though, of teaching only ONE theory of the earth to students. What's your reason for wanting to indoctrinate students in what you believe, instead of exposing them to all the beliefs that are out there? Is it because you're afraid that students might use their free will to choose to believe something other than you?

Honestly, could you be any more closeminded and ignorant?

Harry Boy

Liberal Arts=(a$s holes)

Liberal building brick tent>>>>

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Phokus

I have no qualms about teaching intelligent design... in a philosophy class. The reason teaching intelligent design in a SCIENCE class is dumb because it fails the scientific method:

Scientific method - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Perhaps the minority of conservatives who don't believe in garbage should stand up and say something then, because you guys look awfully dumb associating with the majority who believe in this garbage.