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I have been reading that recent studies have determined that people with a college degree are less likely to believe in the scientific validity of unconventional beliefs such as Fortune Tellers, Astrology, Creationism, Psychic hotlines, the Evil Eye, being in touch with the dead, ghosts etc. This is not surprising.
I have also read that liberals are more likely to have a college degree than conservatives.
I have also read that liberals are more likely to believe in the scientific validity of all of those things listed above except Creationism. If liberals are more likely to have a college degree and people with a college degree are less likely to believe in those things, how can liberals be more likely to believe in those things? Think about that for a minute.
The answer is that leftists have undermined our educational system with an anti-Western bias. The leftists don't necessarily sneer at ideas that are contrary to Western Science unless they also happen to be affiliated with Western culture, such as Christianity. This is what is producing the result you are seeing. The belief in flimsy ideas is because Critical Thinking is replacing Objective Analysis and there is more of a focus on defending your claims rather than supporting them. It is becoming more and more about simply trying to keep the other person on the defensive with criticism, so as to avoid calm analysis of your claims. We are replacing emotionally detached skepticism that accepts nothing except factual evidence with a view that is less dismissive of emotionally charged argumentative discourse. Don't bother with factual evidence, simply shift the burden of proof and shout down and disrupt any rebuttal. In my experience, argumentative "Critical Thinkers" often believe the most BS and paranoid skeptics tend to believe the least. Never risk believing in something without mountains of factual evidence and you will rarely be wrong. It is no coincidence that the more likely a college major is to require courses in Critical Thinking, the lower the average SAT score of the students in the major and the more heavily infested it is with pseudo-intellectual BS like Postmodernism, which produces nothing tangible and drips poison into society. The problem isn't the Liberal Arts themselves, it's the leftist radicals that are destroying them.
Again, leftists overall, even though they are more likely to have a college degree, are more likely to believe in all of the beliefs listed in the first paragraph except Christianity and that is simply because they reject Christianity more from their anti-Western, anti-traditional bias. They don't sneer at Tarot cards the way they do the Bible. Putting political affiliation aside, STEM majors tend to sneer at both equally.
I have also read that liberals are more likely to have a college degree than conservatives.
I have also read that liberals are more likely to believe in the scientific validity of all of those things listed above except Creationism. If liberals are more likely to have a college degree and people with a college degree are less likely to believe in those things, how can liberals be more likely to believe in those things? Think about that for a minute.
The answer is that leftists have undermined our educational system with an anti-Western bias. The leftists don't necessarily sneer at ideas that are contrary to Western Science unless they also happen to be affiliated with Western culture, such as Christianity. This is what is producing the result you are seeing. The belief in flimsy ideas is because Critical Thinking is replacing Objective Analysis and there is more of a focus on defending your claims rather than supporting them. It is becoming more and more about simply trying to keep the other person on the defensive with criticism, so as to avoid calm analysis of your claims. We are replacing emotionally detached skepticism that accepts nothing except factual evidence with a view that is less dismissive of emotionally charged argumentative discourse. Don't bother with factual evidence, simply shift the burden of proof and shout down and disrupt any rebuttal. In my experience, argumentative "Critical Thinkers" often believe the most BS and paranoid skeptics tend to believe the least. Never risk believing in something without mountains of factual evidence and you will rarely be wrong. It is no coincidence that the more likely a college major is to require courses in Critical Thinking, the lower the average SAT score of the students in the major and the more heavily infested it is with pseudo-intellectual BS like Postmodernism, which produces nothing tangible and drips poison into society. The problem isn't the Liberal Arts themselves, it's the leftist radicals that are destroying them.
Again, leftists overall, even though they are more likely to have a college degree, are more likely to believe in all of the beliefs listed in the first paragraph except Christianity and that is simply because they reject Christianity more from their anti-Western, anti-traditional bias. They don't sneer at Tarot cards the way they do the Bible. Putting political affiliation aside, STEM majors tend to sneer at both equally.
