A recent study indicates that Americans with lower cognitive ability scores tend to be more likely to embrace Christian nationalism. The findings suggest the ideology’s appeal is linked to underlying cognitive resources rather than just educational differences.
  • horus_son_of_isis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 days

    It does what it says on the box. Imagine being so morally and ethically bankrupt that you need the threat of Hell not to kill steal murder and rape – and even that doesn’t work a lot of the time.

  • procrastitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 days

    If you’re going to claim that Christian Nationalists are dumb as hell then I’ll agree with you.

    However, if you’re going to claim to have a scientific method to measure “cognitive ability” then I’m going to call you full of shit.

    So, let’s look at what the article says they actually measured:

    lower scores on a vocabulary test commonly used to measure cognitive ability

    A vocabulary test… they did worse on a vocabulary test.

    So like I said; calling this a measure of cognitive ability is bull shit.

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
      3 days

      That just suggests worse education history, not lack of ability. But an ability not aided and nourished isn’t going to show itself.

  • pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3 days

    Shocking. People who have no critical thinking skills and believe everything happens according to some divine plan have a lower cognitive ability? Throw in some astrology and crystals and it isn’t any different.

  • Pratai@piefed.caEnglish
    3 days

    So… Christian’s are dipshits. It like we didn’t know this already. Wait, do they think we’re Christians?

  • bitteroldcoot@piefed.socialEnglish
    3 days

    Underestimating your enemy is never a good strategy.

    Post like these are just opium to keep you passive.

    • pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1 day

      Lower cognitive ability doesn’t imply that they are any less intentional or malicious. They just have no empathy and cannot see the value in others that don’t belong to their prescribed bigotry.

    • horus_son_of_isis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 days

      Some scientists believe that neanderthals were more socially advanced than homo sapiens. They theorize homo sapiens may have systematically exterminated neanderthals, who ultimately underestimated a stupider and more vicious enemy.

      Tale older than the concept of time.

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1 day

          right? afaik the best consensus we have is “they seem to have struggled with climate change and maybe they just found homo sapiens way sexier than their own species, idk”

          My pet hypothesis is that neanderthals were way more monogamous, whereas our species is fundamentally made to be swingers, so you can imagine what might happen when the twain meet…