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Nihil

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22. It's not just political opinions that affect decisions ...

Reply to drm604 (Reply #21)

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 05:18 AM

Jan 2015

Reduced intelligence has a tendency to lead the political opinions in one primary direction
as a result of unquestioning acceptance of whoever shouts loudest (or most frequently).

Yes, political opinions can vary enormously within families but they are far less
likely to do to in low intelligence ones than in high and everything these days (across different
countries) is geared towards keeping good education as a province of the rich and reducing
any disruption to the stratification of society.

The genetic factors feed in to both ends of that process: "1%" and "herd".

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It's embarrasing having someone like this for the environmental chair. drm604 Jan 2015 #18

"This is what happens when thoughtful people don't vote"? Not just that ... Nihil Jan 2015 #20

Only if you believe that the kind of ignorance we're talking about is genetic. drm604 Jan 2015 #21

It's not just political opinions that affect decisions ... Nihil Jan 2015 #22

Didn't Inhofe vote with 97 other senators declaring climate change was not a hoax? KansDem Jan 2015 #19