I Knew It!
Political, religious and sexual behaviors may be reflections of intelligence, a new study finds.
Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics and Political Science correlated data on these behaviors with IQ from a large national U.S. sample and found that, on average, people who identified as liberal and atheist had higher IQs. This applied also to sexual exclusivity in men, but not in women. The findings will be published in the March 2010 issue of Social Psychology Quarterly.
Hey, it’s science, and you know you can’t fight science! Since all of the above apply to me, I must be a genius. Score!
Seriously though, I wouldn’t read too much into a single study. There could be other factors at work or a mere coincidence. Still, it’s interesting to see someone noticed a correlation. I invite you to make your own conclusions.
--Cross posted from The Iron Chariot
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Comment by Фелч Гроган on February 27, 2010 at 7:37pm -
At least the 4th repost of this article. There is a search function here.
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Comment by Gary Epstein on February 28, 2010 at 7:20am -
It would be nice if our little journey in life could have, not money or wealth, rather genius to include creativity and good health, until the day, we simply end the road and drop.
But, we can see God's alleged perfection come a far bit less the the imagined.
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