liberalism atheism and sexual exclusivity in men linked to IQ

[Herr Fick]

Most of them find the evidence endorsing the existence a general factor convincing.

I'm not sure if this doesn't give to much scientific credit to modern intelligence research, which (although today an empirical enterprise with certain merits) contains much speculation and even methodological dissent.

[Stubby]

[MOD]

Leave the personal attacks out of it please.

[/MOD}

[a wooden chair]

None of this means that the human species is evolving toward a future where these traits are the default, Kanazawa said.

"More intelligent people don't have more children, so moving away from the trajectory is not going to happen," he said.

Makes me want to watch Idiocracy again. This entire article seems like it was written after someone saw it for the first time.

[Tormund Ukrainesbane]

I know that Tormund can more than adequately defend himself, but your comments, little girl, show a distinct lack of common courtesy due to a Board member of long standing.

Holy shit I'm a board member of long standing with due courtesy!?

*struts around*

[Shryke]

Holy shit I'm a board member of long standing with due courtesy!?

*struts around*

Who gave you that idea probie?!

Now get down and give me 50 push-ups and 10 posts on the superiority of your own way of thinking!

[Tormund Ukrainesbane]

Who gave you that idea probie?!

Now get down and give me 50 push-ups and 10 posts on the superiority of your own way of thinking!

I'm breaking my "No responding to Shryke" policy to say that it is freakin impressive that you have 15000 16000more posts than me in essentially the same time frame.

[Trebla]

My usual punishment is to lick the spilled vodka off of my fingers, but I'll take 50 push ups and starting a new thread on a quality idea. Or perhaps changing his custom title to "Board member of long standing with due courtesy"? ;)

ETA - Tormund - look at my member number and yours, and look at post count. Yours is pretty impressive, too!

Ooh, ooh! I remember this one! Ketel One!

And what was that old Internet Title for snooty old timers that we all are? Nobles? Aristocrats?

[slim da reaper]

Does making 2 changes to your online name, and being stuck with a stupid one for thirty days mean I'd fail an IQ test if I ever took one again :rolleyes:

[Tyrellius]

Ooh, ooh! I remember this one! Ketel One!

And what was that old Internet Title for snooty old timers that we all are? Nobles? Aristocrats?

Curmudgeon[

[Balefont]

Lol, okay so Eistein was a bad example. Issac Neuton believed in God, he even predicted the apocalypse in 2060, haha.

Bill Gates dropped out of college, who wasn't good at school, and created his own multi-million dollar business. He went on to create a school for visual, hand-on learners like him.

I think you're confusing smarts/brains/success with school success. The argument, therefore, doesn't work. And intelligence can and is measurable. To say it isn't is...dumb.

[jurble]

95 and 106 are uh, still fairly normal IQ's. Let's say at 95, you aren't smart enough to be flashy and pseudointellectual, so you call yourself a conservative. At 106, you think being liberal makes you look smarter, since that's what our culture says, so you decide to call yourself liberal. I'm not convinced that liberalism vs. conservatism here is actually tied to "caring about strangers" and such, as it is tied to cultural norms.

At any rate, 106 is still a pretty normal IQ. Back in H.S. I was in the "gifted" program, for kids with ~130+ IQ's, and the split there between conservatives and liberals seemed to be 50/50. Except the conservatives weren't religious conservatives, really. They were fiscal conservatives, who didn't give a shit about religion. My money is my own, type of dudes.

note: this wasn't an accelerated program, some of these kids had shit awful grades, they just had the IQ test scores

[Trebla]

Curmudgeon[

ah, I found what I was looking for. the Flame Warriors!

Here is what I refering to: The Royals!!

One upon a time, Prince ByTor dubbed me Maestro de Picadors

Olé!!!

[slim da reaper]

:rofl: Awesome website Trebla :)

[Kat]

Holy shit I'm a board member of long standing with due courtesy!?

*struts around*

You were one of three boarders to factor into a long, badass dream the other night. You were, effectively, the Master of Arms. I thought you should know. (The description is in the Dreams thread somewhere on the last 2 pages.)

My own effective atheism began when I was too young to know the word and definitely too young to go on the internet; however, on the internet (when I was 13 or so) I did figure out the word for it. So, I dunno. The internet is pretty good for making you aware of pretty much any idea that exists. (And many that you wish you never knew existed, such as furry porn.)

[TrueMetis]

Lol, okay so Eistein was a bad example. Issac Neuton believed in God, he even predicted the apocalypse in 2060, haha.

Issac Newton also believed in Alchemy. That article did not say having a high IQ means you don't believe weird shit.

Bill Gates dropped out of college, who wasn't good at school, and created his own multi-million dollar business. He went on to create a school for visual, hand-on learners like him.

Bill Gates is an atheist. With a very high IQ.

Holy shit I'm a board member of long standing with due courtesy!?

*struts around*

When is that title given? *checks post count

[AverageGuy]

Now get down and give me 50 push-ups and 10 posts on the superiority of your own way of thinking!

Who you calling probie, No. 5212? :angry2:

Anyway, I could actually see the fashionable thing. One of my more conservative friends suddenly became liberal after starting grad school. At the time, none of us really took the change seriously, which I kind of regret now.

[Stego]

And Einstein also believed in God.

Einstein most certainly did not believe in any deity.

[Ormond]

This is interesting, but only one study which won't be the final bit of research evidence on this subject.

They have a bit of a paradox in their results here, as in most prior research being non-religious is negatively correlated with sexual exclusivity, but this study finds both of them to be positively correlated with IQ. I'm not sure if "liberalism" as this study defines it would also be negatively correlated with sexual exclusivity, but my guess is that that would more likely be the relationship than vice versa.

[Mad Monkey]

Einstein most certainly did not believe in any deity.

Okay, let's have a bipartisan compromise. Einstein believed in the demigod Hercules. No one wins, no one loses, and history just got a little bit more interesting.

Anyway, that's beside the point. I don't think this study is saying that atheism and having a high IQ have an absolute 1:1 correlation.

Holy shit I'm a board member of long standing with due courtesy!?

You do know that you're actually entitled to use the style, "Lord Tormund, Discount of ASOIAF", right?"

[Tormund Ukrainesbane]

*shows off new outfit*