Liberals are smater

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I have been reading about the connection between Higher intelligence and liberal thinkers. Everything points toward liberals being in the group with the highest IQ. It does make sense and I can see where having a higher understanding of not only yourself, but of others around you would cause you to be more liberal. If you don't have the ability to analyze all aspects of a situation thoroughly, you would more likely fall into a more primitive mode of self protection at all cost. Hence studies indicate that the high level thinkers tend to be liberal.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100224132655.htm

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"Liberals are smater" Now that is funny!

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I have been reading about the connection between Higher intelligence and liberal thinkers. Everything points toward liberals being in the group with the highest IQ. It does make sense and I can see where having a higher understanding of not only yourself, but of others around you would cause you to be more liberal. If you don't have the ability to analyze all aspects of a situation thoroughly, you would more likely fall into a more primitive mode of self protection at all cost. Hence studies indicate that the high level thinkers tend to be liberal.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100224132655.htm

I would trust sciencedaily before I would pajama media. Remember someone quoting them? And I have said previously that those who can see more shades of grey in issues are more flexible in their thinking....and therefore more able to analyze problems. You know...actually thinking through an issue, not being "the deceider" who could not name ONE little thing he had done wrong.

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"Liberals are smater" Now that is funny!

:agree:

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Liberals might be smater, but they don't spell two gud. ;)

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Liberals might be smater, but they don't spell two gud. ;)

LOL Must be "running rampant"

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Submitted by Anonymous on December 5, 2010 - 8:07pm.
I'm a conservative who finds Kanazawa's conclusions a bit simplistic. To establish context, my childhood IQ tested at 133.

Kanazawa does nothing to control for the fact that higher education is a bastion for extremely liberal professors, who are going to influence a portion of their students to adopt their views (which are often removed from reality and impractical). Since most "intelligent" personalities are going to come from families that can afford the childhood education that allows them to test well on these IQ assessments. They're also more likely to steer their children toward higher education. The more intelligent the student, the higher their grades and the more expansive their extracurricular accomplishments. The higher these qualifications, the more likely they are to be admitted to an ivy league institution. And while there are studies published showing this, it's common knowledge that ivy league colleges are hotbeds of extreme liberalism in many areas.

Exposure to those types of mindsets during one's formative first years of independence is going to create a bias toward liberalism that has nothing to do with one's inherent intelligence and everything to do with one's influences and exposure.

The logic in K's article reminds me of the logic about how women's fragile brains couldn't handle education so they should be barred from education and limited to the home. Untrue, but self-perpetuating.

Also ironic that K's definition of liberalism is so self-serving and flattering without acknowledging any of the real substance of the differences in conservative and liberal belief systems.

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Most of the diehard liberals that I know are products of long term association with academia. They have all the philosophical, theoretical, creative, ideological knowledge that a person could ever ask for. When it comes to practical, street smart, reality based ability to do something like, hmmm...double a recipe, they are at a loss. I have a sister with 4 different degrees, and top of her class for one of them, who literally called our mom to ask how to double a recipe! BTW, Sis is as liberal as they come. :laugh:

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Liberals might be smater, but they don't spell two gud. ;)

Your probably right. Apparently one's IQ and education don't go together, but what do I know, I am not liberal, so I may not get it at all. LOL

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I have been reading about the connection between Higher intelligence and liberal thinkers. Everything points toward liberals being in the group with the highest IQ. It does make sense and I can see where having a higher understanding of not only yourself, but of others around you would cause you to be more liberal. If you don't have the ability to analyze all aspects of a situation thoroughly, you would more likely fall into a more primitive mode of self protection at all cost. Hence studies indicate that the high level thinkers tend to be liberal.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100224132655.htm


The Villager II, you can private message the forum administrator and ask him to correct your spelling in the title. I've misspelled words in the title of posts and it isn't a very good feeling to realize you can't go back and correct it on your own. Signed: a compassionate, high-level thinking conservative.

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So the liberals at Science Daily have concluded that liberals are smarter than conservatives. Gee, who woulda thunk it?

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You know why there were so many people getting advanced degrees in the 60's and early 70's? Two words. Vietnam**Deferments

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I was drafted in 65'...couldn' t afford college and spent my time with fast cars and fast women..

I returnd in 67 and was horrified to learn how the distinctions were made regarding service,when I was drafted there was no lottery,if you were 19,single,not in college,you were outta here..If you knew the right people you could get into the coast guard...they had waiting lists for community college..It truly was a "poor man's" war..It was a sad chapter in the history of our country...I belong to the village vva and it is one of the largest organizations in Florida,over 450 members..Close to 5000 people eligible in the villages alone..we raise money for the wounded vets, and scholarships for local kids..We recently introduced to the school's libraries, factual histories (without the gore) , of this country's involvement in southeast asia..I have a sticker on my golf cart, "Never again will one generation of veterans forget a previous one"..

Hat's off to all the brothers in arms, no matter when they served...

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I was drafted in 65'...couldn' t afford college and spent my time with fast cars and fast women..

I returnd in 67 and was horrified to learn how the distinctions were made regarding service,when I was drafted there was no lottery,if you were 19,single,not in college,you were outta here..If you knew the right people you could get into the coast guard...they had waiting lists for community college..It truly was a "poor man's" war..It was a sad chapter in the history of our country...I belong to the village vva and it is one of the largest organizations in Florida,over 450 members..Close to 5000 people eligible in the villages alone..we raise money for the wounded vets, and scholarships for local kids..We recently introduced to the school's libraries, factual histories (without the gore) , of this country's involvement in southeast asia..I have a sticker on my golf cart, "Never again will one generation of veterans forget a previous one"..

Hat's off to all the brothers in arms, no matter when they served...
Bingo. Parents who had the means kept their "kids" in college until the war was over or their kid had a high draft number. Right after the war ended, they took a shower, cut their hair and went to big business and Wall Street. A few stayed at college to teach the next generation of socialists.

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Yep, and all us Viet Vet's are dope smoking junk, baby killers, who never would amounted to anything anyway.

Guess some of us fooled them thar libs. Ain't it great to sometimes be on the right side of the tracks. For there are those of us that do, and those of them at teach, that can't do.

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The Villager II, you can private message the forum administrator and ask him to correct your spelling in the title. I've misspelled words in the title of posts and it isn't a very good feeling to realize you can't go back and correct it on your own. Signed: a compassionate, high-level thinking conservative.

:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Being a conservative, I am used to that. I wondered why everyone was talking about spelling. I even looked at my own post and still did not catch it. I really cant spell, so I always use spell check. You just taught me that spell check don't look at the title. Thanks . Sometimes my spelling is so far off that spell check can't figure it out. LOL I was raised to believe liberal was a four letter word don't ya know.

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I was drafted in 65'...couldn' t afford college and spent my time with fast cars and fast women..

I returnd in 67 and was horrified to learn how the distinctions were made regarding service,when I was drafted there was no lottery,if you were 19,single,not in college,you were outta here..If you knew the right people you could get into the coast guard...they had waiting lists for community college..It truly was a "poor man's" war..It was a sad chapter in the history of our country...I belong to the village vva and it is one of the largest organizations in Florida,over 450 members..Close to 5000 people eligible in the villages alone..we raise money for the wounded vets, and scholarships for local kids..We recently introduced to the school's libraries, factual histories (without the gore) , of this country's involvement in southeast asia..I have a sticker on my golf cart, "Never again will one generation of veterans forget a previous one"..
Hat's off to all the brothers in arms, no matter when they served...


I spent March 67 thru March 68 in the Viet Nam jungles and when the shells are zipping all around you, you wish you would have been a capitalist with the money to buy a deferment.

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I have been reading about the connection between Higher intelligence and liberal thinkers. Everything points toward liberals being in the group with the highest IQ. It does make sense and I can see where having a higher understanding of not only yourself, but of others around you would cause you to be more liberal. If you don't have the ability to analyze all aspects of a situation thoroughly, you would more likely fall into a more primitive mode of self protection at all cost. Hence studies indicate that the high level thinkers tend to be liberal.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100224132655.htm

The intelligentsia are so far removed from reality living in their academic world that is in constant extensions of theory. Or as I have said they intellectualize themselves into stupidity. e.g War is bad so under no circumstances should we fight a war....shades of Hilter. The above stated post would suggest that conservatives are not thinkers and that liberals have the market on creativity. Actually what we have are two different approaches to problem solving Methinks William Buckley would get a kick out of this assertion

What is most troubling about the liberal intelligentsia and damaging to them is their arrogance. Arrogance has beset even the most intelligent among us

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So the liberals at Science Daily have concluded that liberals are smarter than conservatives. Gee, who woulda thunk it?

1) Please post links to support your accusation that Science Daily is liberal. You ask for links all the time...

2) I just finished reading the article and it was based on research, not opinion. You sound like you are accusing someone of falsifying date, which is a serious matter. A very serious matter.

BTW (and I know you did not say this Richie), I know how to convert a recipe for 4 into one for 7. But that has nothing to do with having common sense. It has to do with basic math skills. General intelligence, mathematical skills and verbal skills are somewhat correlated, but not the same thing. You can be genius IQ in verbal and average in math.

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I guess I'm liberal. I always thought I was a conservative. If I want people to think I'm smart I guess I will have to admit that I am a liberal.

Don't you just love that liberal way of thinking?

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name given be inforcer and son....

cmann..Welcome...we are equal opportunity ideologists

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I was drafted in 65'...couldn' t afford college and spent my time with fast cars and fast women..

I returnd in 67 and was horrified to learn how the distinctions were made regarding service,when I was drafted there was no lottery,if you were 19,single,not in college,you were outta here..If you knew the right people you could get into the coast guard...they had waiting lists for community college..It truly was a "poor man's" war..It was a sad chapter in the history of our country...I belong to the village vva and it is one of the largest organizations in Florida,over 450 members..Close to 5000 people eligible in the villages alone..we raise money for the wounded vets, and scholarships for local kids..We recently introduced to the school's libraries, factual hisout and tories (without the gore) , of this country's involvement in southeast asia..I have a sticker on my golf cart, "Never again will one generation of veterans forget a previous one"..

Hat's off to all the brothers in arms, no matter when they served...

Hrp01 Bravo: I joined the service and served from 1960-1964 US Navy

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The intelligentsia are so far removed from reality living in their academic world that is in constant extensions of theory. Or as I have said they intellectualize themselves into stupidity. e.g War is bad so under no circumstances should we fight a war....shades of Hilter. The above stated post would suggest that conservatives are not thinkers and that liberals have the market on creativity. Actually what we have are two different approaches to problem solving Methinks William Buckley would get a kick out of this assertion

What is most troubling about the liberal intelligentsia and damaging to them is their arrogance. Arrogance has beset even the most intelligent among us
Good post. I agree.
Yes, they have that smug elitist attitude and mockery is their favorite comeback which shows that the research is flawed.

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The intelligentsia are so far removed from reality living in their academic world that is in constant extensions of theory. Or as I have said they intellectualize themselves into stupidity. e.g War is bad so under no circumstances should we fight a war....shades of Hilter. The above stated post would suggest that conservatives are not thinkers and that liberals have the market on creativity. Actually what we have are two different approaches to problem solving Methinks William Buckley would get a kick out of this assertion

What is most troubling about the liberal intelligentsia and damaging to them is their arrogance. Arrogance has beset even the most intelligent among us

Liberal arrogant, conservatives dumb. Gee, see this is what happens when you paint everyone with a certain world view the same way. Like I said...see the shades of gray.....I am democrat who supports the death penalty, patroling our borders, people taking individual responsibility for their actions and dispise the general sense of entitlement so many people have...Talk about arrangant...Buckley's picture is next to the word in the dictionary.

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Liberal arrogant, conservatives dumb. Gee, see this is what happens when you paint everyone with a certain world view the same way. Like I said...see the shades of gray.....I am democrat who supports the death penalty, patroling our borders, people taking individual responsibility for their actions and dispise the general sense of entitlement so many people have...

I agree 100%.

And we all know that high IQ in a person with no common sense or no practical wisdom gained by life experience......is basically useless in public leadership and problem solving.

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Liberal arrogant, conservatives dumb. Gee, see this is what happens when you paint everyone with a certain world view the same way. Like I said...see the shades of gray.....I am democrat who supports the death penalty, patroling our borders, people taking individual responsibility for their actions and dispise the general sense of entitlement so many people have...Talk about arrangant...Buckley's picture is next to the word in the dictionary.

Very refreshing.

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I agree 100%.
And we all know that high IQ in a person with no common sense or no practical wisdom gained by life experience......is basically useless in public leadership and problem solving.


:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: My my my, I sense a one term presidency.:a040:

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Liberal arrogant, conservatives dumb. Gee, see this is what happens when you paint everyone with a certain world view the same way. Like I said...see the shades of gray.....I am democrat who supports the death penalty, patroling our borders, people taking individual responsibility for their actions and dispise the general sense of entitlement so many people have...Talk about arrangant...Buckley's picture is next to the word in the dictionary.

Ladydoc: o was my father a democrat but he would have never supported one policy offered by tis Amion.

I am afraid you have confused the words liberal and Democrat and conservative and Republican. They do not have the same meanin as one can be a blue dog Democrat. or a Republican liberal

My comments were directed at those elitist liberals that believe that the little people lack inteligence and are just misguided


Hope this clarifies i becasue my wife want me t put the steaks on the grill now

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Ladydoc: o was my father a democrat but he would have never supported one policy offered by tis Amion.

I am afraid you have confused the words liberal and Democrat and conservative and Republican. They do not have the same meanin as one can be a blue dog Democrat. or a Republican liberal

My comments were directed at those elitist liberals that believe that the little people lack inteligence and are just misguided


Hope this clarifies i becasue my wife want me t put the steaks on the grill now

That describes a Personal Message I received from someone who posts here frequently. She apparently thought I was one her ilk. ( apparently she never really read my posts LOL) When I set her straight she put me on her ignore
list. Man, was she a snobby.

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I agree 100%.

And we all know that high IQ in a person with no common sense or no practical wisdom gained by life experience......is basically useless in public leadership and problem solving.

My my my, I sense a one term presidency.:a040:

:bigbow:

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:bigbow:

Hey, thanks for the heads-up on the weather. I bailed out on the golf. Hope it clears up for tomorrow morning. My Sunday morning gang are a trip. Funniest bunch of conservatives I have ever met. We should do a round?

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I think; therefore I am. :cus:

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I think; therefore I am. :cus:

Ah, a fan of the devout Roman Catholic philosopher Rene Descartes. Very good.

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Ah, a fan of the devout Roman Catholic philosopher Rene Descartes. Very good.

Read Teilard ( I think that is spelled wrong) des Chardin's Alpha to Omega. A Jesuit Priest. I went to Loyola and most of my prof's were Jesuit priests. Great teachers...

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Read Teilard ( I think that is spelled wrong) des Chardin's Alpha to Omega. A Jesuit Priest. I went to Loyola and most of my prof's were Jesuit priests. Great teachers...

I also had Jesuit teachers and either forgot or slept through this. Google tells me his name is Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and he has many great quotes.

One that applies to we Villagers is:

"Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed"

A favorite of mine, now that I'm reading them is:

In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.

Very good Ladydoc.........thanks for the suggestion.

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I also had Jesuit teachers and either forgot or slept through this. Google tells me his name is Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and he has many great quotes.

One that applies to we Villagers is:

"Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed"

A favorite of mine, now that I'm reading them is:

In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.

Very good Ladydoc.........thanks for the suggestion.

That's him. When I was at Loyola, way back in the dark ages, if you were Catholic you had to minor in Religion. If you were not, you had to minor in philosophy. So I minored in philosophy. (Of course no 18 year old has had enough life experiences to comprehend appreciate most philosophers.) Chardin was my favorite. Alpha to Omega is about how a Jesuit priest, who was a trained scientist, made peace with the knowledge of evolution and the story of Adam and Eve. Brillant scientist and spirtual at the same time. What a guy!!