Higher intelligence causes people to be left wing and reject religion as they are more highly evolved, science says. They are even less prone to adultery.
Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist at the London School of Economics, holds that humans more inclined to adopt “non-traditional” behaviours are more intelligent than mere traditionals. These non-traditional behaviours yield a higher chance of survival in a rapidly changing environment.
In social evolutionary terms, non-traditional behaviour includes atheism, “liberal” political leanings and (male) monogamy, he asserts.
He claims the results of the “National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health,” which has been observing a group of subjects since 1994, support his theories.
This study found that teenage subjects who did better in IQ tests tended to have “newer” patterns of behaviour when tested 7 years later – they described themselves as “very liberal” and “not at all religious” more often, as opposed to the religious and conservative, who appeared to have lower IQs.
The difference was apparently statistically significant, but not enormous, at 11 points. It is not clear if they adjusted for the noted tendency of younger adults to be more left-leaning than older adults, but the results are apparently robust enough to survive publication in a peer-reviewed journal, albeit one for psychologists.
With such incendiary conclusions, the crucial scientific admonition that correlation does not equate to causation will doubtless be drowned out amidst glib attempts by leftists and the godless to portray their beliefs as the natural consequence of higher intelligence.
Naturally, that academics and scientists tend overwhelmingly to be left wing and irreligious has nothing to do with these scholarly and impartial scientific conclusions.
Today is a fine day for science!
Just as most scientists know little religion or hell even any philosophy , so do most religious folks know little science . I would say they both have issues of ignorance . Stay off the turf if you know nothing about it . Both of them are increasingly stupid , intelligence is a rarity in the world it’s never been a bias to anyone in particular .
Time for a little logic , if someone is religious are they by necessity intelligent ? No . If someone is non-religious are they by necessity intelligent ? No . You can put anyone particular person in the equation the answer will never be Yes .
On a side note throughout most of science and religion’s history the both have gone together more than apart , so it’s weird to see these lines being drawn .
I rather live as if there is a God and in the end find out that there isn’t one, than to live as if there isn’t a God, and later find out I was wrong…
And hopefully when Judgement day comes, I’ll be near people like mohammad, hitler or obama, and watch them get pwned by the mighty hand of God.
Atheist = i am cool and intelligent, except when my medic say: you have a terminal disease…. Oh my god
Agnostic = Iam not much cool but i admit who i exist, and neo, and maybe the manpigbear, except god.
Religious freack = God…oh my god…
Otakuism = Haruhi, goku, ichigo, naruto, and miku are the only gods of this world.
Haruhiuism = Haruhi is the only god, stupids otakuisms.
Stopped reading when they brought IQ scores into the picture.
High IQ =/= intelligence, just like a low IQ doesn’t always mean someone is stupid.