That's incorrect. The better educated you are, the more liberal you are. The opposite is also true.
There are just as many well educated Conservatives as there are Liberals.
No, there aren't. Educated people, and smart people, tend towards Liberalism. It's been known for a very long time. Stupid people usually have God and their prejudices, that's all they need or want.
Hi PMH
I am trying to relate to what you are saying.
It could be that since science does not require people to believe in God in order to study "universal laws" then people who don't see the world through the lens of a "personified God" tend to "rely on science" to study the world and its laws.
It makes sense that many nontheists would rely on science as their language.
So of course, more such nontheists would develop their skills in this field.
That is not a judgment call about intelligence; it is like saying people who are "color blind" might rely on black and white photography and tend to flock there.
As for people less intelligent,
when I try to explain the spiritual process of forgiveness and compassion to others,
I have found some of the people who don't over-intellectualize
are more open to understanding without a bunch of "scientific explanation."
One of my neighbors who always thought she was "dumb" in school
asked me what made people behave so crazy: all she did was ask for her comic books
back from a man who stole them when he helped her move, and he threatened her with a gun to and told her to leave, when it was her property that he stole, not the other way. I showed her a chart from my mother about Buddhism and the realms of suffering; and how some souls were trapped in suffering, that no matter how much they got from others, they wanted more and could never be at peace. She immediately understood and felt sorry that the man was so sick. She did not grieve for her comic books but she felt for him, and how fortunate she was to have a healthy mind and not suffer like he did.
She got this concept immediately, this "dumb girl" that everyone made fun of.
And yet when I explain the mental liberation that comes with forgiveness to other
people, of above average intelligence and well versed in political and religious arguments,
they often fight and fight, try to justify why the problem is "with other people"
and insist that "other people need to change, not their perception" etc. They won't forgive,
let go, and stay stuck, because they are convinced they are right, they know better,
and it's the "other person/group" that is the cause of the problems and needs to change, not them!
They don't get it. But this "dumb girl" got it immediately and let go of her anger.
She "saw" there was something else going on, that wasn't within her ability to change,
and it put things in perspective for her where it didn't bother her as before.
So PMH if you want to say that intelligence has something to do with it.
I would say yes and no.
Yes it can be a plus but it can also be an equal minus.
So in the end, it looks like it comes out pretty even.
My "dumber" friends, who may not follow all this political argument, critical analysis and logical flaws in debate back and forth,
sometimes get the harder concepts to accept because they aren't trying to rationalize around things.
It goes both ways. We all have gifts, strengths and weaknesses.
Intelligence and education can work for us, and against us,
if our ego's, pride, fear or resistance to change gets in the way,
regardless of our beliefs or our intelligence/education levels.