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LONDON, March 2 (UPI) -- More intelligent children may be more likely to grow up to be liberals, a researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science suggests.
Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist, says "evolutionarily novel" preferences and values are those that humans are not biologically designed to have and our ancestors probably did not possess. In contrast, those that our ancestors had for millions of years are "evolutionarily familiar."
Kanazawa argues that humans are evolutionarily designed to be conservative, caring mostly about their family and friends, and being liberal -- caring about an indefinite number of genetically unrelated strangers one has never meet or interacted with -- is evolutionarily novel.
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health support Kanazawa's hypothesis. Young adults who subjectively identify themselves as "very liberal" have an average IQ of 106 during adolescence while those who identify themselves as "very conservative" have an average IQ of 95 during adolescence, Kanazawa says.
Young adults who identify themselves as "not at all religious" have an average IQ of 103 during adolescence, while those who identify themselves as "very religious" have an average IQ of 97 during adolescence, Kanazawa says.
Higher IQ linked to liberalism, atheism - UPI.com
If the word "liberal" was changed to "white" and the word "conservative" was changed to "black", in a similar article/study, I have a feeling that the conclusion would be remarkably similar.
Talking about averages as pertaining to race is considered - rightfully - as racist.
Using political inclinations in the same context is just plain stupid.
IQ tests are imperfect measures of real intelligence.
Closed in thinking of the cons is what causes this differance.
Cultural deserts is what causes any of the same results in color IQ idfferances.
Cons seek less info and out right deny info they dont like.
People of color often live in cultural deserts where they are never exposed to the same array of information.