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...0224132655.htm

"Liberals are smater" Now that is funny!

Originally Posted by The Villager II

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...0224132655.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.

Originally Posted by KyWoman

"Liberals are smater" Now that is funny!

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

Originally Posted by Barefoot

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

LOL Must be "running rampant"

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.

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.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

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

Originally Posted by The Villager II

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...0224132655.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.

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

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

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...

Originally Posted by hrp01

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.

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.