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Versailles

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6. Study that is relevant to the question at hand.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 10:46 AM

Apr 2012

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/07/conservative-politics-low-effort-thinking_n_1410448.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

...a study published in the journal "Psychological Science" showed that children who score low on intelligence tests gravitate toward socially conservative political views in adulthood--perhaps because conservative ideologies stress "structure and order" that make it easier to understand a complicated world.

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"Our research shows that low-effort thought promotes political conservatism, not that political conservatives use low-effort thinking."

Just a thought on the topic...

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Freepers and false assumptions... [View all] kentuck Apr 2012 OP

Most Republican voters will only quote you talking points rustydog Apr 2012 #1

That's true. It's much easier to let someone else tell you what your opinion should be than it Arkansas Granny Apr 2012 #3

Most Republicans (or any authoritarians for that matter) don't have a good grasp on causality TrogL Apr 2012 #2

"I question their sanity." Yep. Economic denial is just like climate denial or fascism denial saras Apr 2012 #4

They believe broad 'ideas', but not specifics. democrat_patriot Apr 2012 #5

Study that is relevant to the question at hand. Versailles Apr 2012 #6

From my observations... kentuck Apr 2012 #7

And that study is far too complex for the low information voter to understand. CenaW Apr 2012 #9

That infamous Republican voter base has no idea how bad the financial disaster was, CenaW Apr 2012 #8

They also forget that this was Bewsh's second recession. HughBeaumont Apr 2012 #10

They believe his taxcuts kept us from a more serious recession ... kentuck Apr 2012 #11

And they'd believe wrong. HughBeaumont Apr 2012 #12

the beginning was not so bright either belcffub Apr 2012 #14

Part Of The Plan... KharmaTrain Apr 2012 #13