Please help distribute this to the jerky idiot conservatives on Twitter. I haven't quit yet but I

[Maraya1969]

will. The thing is I get stuck responding to the freaking idiots on there. It is worse that ever. So I want to spread around the actual scientific studies that prove that they are idiots. I know most won't change most but some will keep quieter if they understand and don't want to look stupid


tinyurl.com/mzcydmvk

"Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated. The evidence is based on 1254 community college students and 1600 foreign students seeking entry to United States' universities."

Here is the rest that won't fit in a Tweet

". At the individual level of analysis, conservatism scores correlate negatively with SAT, Vocabulary, and Analogy test scores. At the national level of analysis, conservatism scores correlate negatively with measures of education (e.g., gross enrollment at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels) and performance on mathematics and reading assessments from the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) project. They also correlate with components of the Failed States Index and several other measures of economic and political development of nations. Conservatism scores have higher correlations with economic and political measures than estimated IQ scores."


And here is the Tweet that I sent Tommy Tubberville

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Link to tweet

[BlackSkimmer]

1. Don't waste your time with them.

At any rate, maybe find a study more recent than 2009 and with more participants?

[Maraya1969]

2. Almost 3,000 people is not enough for you? Besides this is only one study. There are more and

there are more websites talking about it.

And I do not believe in "Not wasting my time" That is what everyone said in the past and look where it has gotten us.

If you have a study showing that spreading this study around is "wasting my time" then why don't you share it? Show me some proof.

[BlackSkimmer]

4. Dearie me, no need to get all het up now, k?

I simply meant that imo you are wasting your time arguing with the brainless idiots, but hey, if you want to do that, then you go right ahead and do so.

And no, I don't think a sample of less than 2000 community college students and some foreign students that was done in 2009 is one that would cause me a lot of grief if I were one of the magats you plan to persuade.

I certainly don't know of any "study that spreading this study around" is wasting your time. I most certainly do not.

Now, I think I'll go and study on that.

[Maraya1969]

12. Another thing. My IQ is 8 points higher than when I was in the 3rd grade. IQ does not change that

much so a study from 2009 is just as valid if it used good scientific protocols.

Although I do believe that IQ does not have to be static and a person can "make themselves smarter" by studying - especially math and logic

[BlackSkimmer]

14. I'm just gonna go with no comment here.

[Maraya1969]

15. So you felt the need to make that comment the you are making "no comment"

[BlackSkimmer]

17. Oh dear. nt

[The Magistrate]

19. It's Kind Of Sad, Ma'am

I do feel sorry for those who find their joy in poking pins in other people's enthusiasms.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. So, the dumber you are, the more likely you'll be a conservative?

I don't think that this is what they meant it meant, ha ha heh. I think that they meant it as a means of inferring that they interpreted the constitution and its amendments less strict than others. But they have been redefining or misusing the word 'conservative' to far more of them who are not true conservatives, they claim to be, but aren't.

[Maraya1969]

8. Here's another one.

https://www.livescience.com/18132-intelligence-social-conservatism-racism.html

Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice

There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.

The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote in an email to LiveScience.

The findings combine three hot-button topics.

"They've pulled off the trifecta of controversial topics," said Brian Nosek, a social and cognitive psychologist at the University of Virginia who was not involved in the study. "When one selects intelligence, political ideology and racism and looks at any of the relationships between those three variables, it's bound to upset somebody."

Polling data and social and political science research do show that prejudice is more common in those who hold right-wing ideals that those of other political persuasions, Nosek told LiveScience. [7 Thoughts That Are Bad For You]

[SWBTATTReg]

18. Thank you. I guess in a way, we all seem to know this already during our dealings w/ people in the

'real world', that the real 'dumb' or 'ignorant' ones do seem to reflect out of date philosophies or wacked out modes of thinking.

[orthoclad]

5. Twitter is a drug.

It seems to be addictive.

Let's not be elitist about what conservatism correlates with. It correlates with sociopathy and a lack of empathy. Far more meaningful than intellectual scores.

[Maraya1969]

9. Read #8. If you type it into Google you will see many sites saying just what I said.

I can't believe I have to explain this here; on this forum

[SouthernDem4ever]

6. The irony is, he won't get it

He probably doesn't even know what the word cognitive means.

[Qutzupalotl]

7. If you call people stupid, expect pushback.

[Maraya1969]

10. I've done it quite a bit online and the only thing I get it silence. People can't really argue with

data like that.

There is one site that tries to say that liberals are the ones who are stupid but there is also a fact check that refutes it. That is the way they have tried to refute it.

[GenThePerservering]

11. The only thing that works with these people

is a brick upside the head. Just ignore them - someone is *always* wrong on the internets. Don't waste your time.

[Maraya1969]

13. Show me the study that proves that. Show me anything besides your opinion that

would give credence to what you say

[BlackSkimmer]

16. Why are you spending time here arguing with us?

Go tell those dummies how dumb they are!

Let us know how it goes.