Comment on Study: Conservative Viewpoints Linked to Lower Cognitive Abilities

ximtor@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

This suggests that individuals with higher cognitive abilities may be slightly more likely to hold conservative economic views. However, this correlation is weak and indicates that cognitive ability is just one of many factors influencing political ideology.

Weak correlation between higher cognitive ability correlating with more conservative economic view

Conclusion: The researchers concluded that multiple causal mechanisms with countervailing effects might explain the low overall association between cognitive ability and economic political attitudes

Duh…now exactly accurate title?

As much as i like shitting on republicans, if you link sources they should at least back it up??

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