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cilla4progress

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16. No surprise, there.

Reply to onecaliberal (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2024, 02:27 PM

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Researchers results imply that higher intelligence is correlated with left wing beliefs. [View all] onecaliberal Apr 21 OP

Eggs xactly. Learning a foreign language grows new neurons. GreenWave Apr 21 #1

MAGA dumb fucks Botany Apr 21 #2

Grabbing everything for yourself RIGHT NOW! is not an intelligent plan. Midnight Writer Apr 21 #3

+1 Dave Bowman Apr 21 #24

And so many DUers are truly exceptionally brilliant! BComplex Apr 21 #4

"Humility: a trait found in intelligent people" BaronChocula Apr 21 #18

..... BComplex Apr 21 #21

I'm just about truth BaronChocula Apr 21 #22

But, but... Dave Bowman Apr 21 #28

You can find way more stable geniuses BaronChocula Apr 21 #30

Lol, good one! :D Dave Bowman Apr 21 #31

When I was in college a few years back NanaCat Apr 21 #36

The framing here is pretty juiced Sympthsical Apr 21 #5

"Still. I expect lotion sales to go up." Jedi Guy Apr 22 #41

As usual, you are right on the money. yardwork Apr 22 #42

It's pure Dunning Kruger Sympthsical Apr 23 #47

True. ActRaiser Apr 21 #6

...on both the left and the right. yardwork Apr 22 #44

Hey y'all, we're brilliant! surfered Apr 21 #7

This sounds comforting if one believes that IQ tests measure anything real. NNadir Apr 21 #8

I hear you but it's not only based on IQ. onecaliberal Apr 21 #9

Thanks. I should read but I won't. I have no interest in psychometric exercises about intelligence and lack time... NNadir Apr 21 #10

Same here PatSeg Apr 21 #17

People with intellect posses those same traits and qualities. onecaliberal Apr 21 #25

Lots of different IQ test to measure multigraincracker Apr 21 #12

Not quite true about Washington NanaCat Apr 21 #37

I'm on the language spectrum. multigraincracker Apr 21 #38

I totally agree, NNadir: people who are dyslexic are often very intelligent, but don't score well BComplex Apr 21 #23

This article is NOT only about IQ. onecaliberal Apr 21 #26

What ever intelligence is or isn't or related to, yonder Apr 21 #29

Thanks, I was booted for making a true statement which in a way, is a happy thought. NNadir Apr 21 #35

Perhaps, related more to open-mindedness & curiosity 1st and left-wing belief 2nd. Model35mech Apr 21 #11

Headline says "correlation" eggplant Apr 21 #13

Correlation does not imply causation. So I have heard. twodogsbarking Apr 21 #19

Sometimes, powerful statistics multigraincracker Apr 21 #32

even relatively simple statistics can suggest important associations Model35mech Apr 21 #33

To be technical, correlation can imply or suggest causation. yardwork Apr 22 #45

Epictetus twodogsbarking Apr 22 #46

I see they quote Orwell at the end, which is good gulliver Apr 21 #14

"the work is fraught" betsuni Apr 21 #15

No surprise, there. cilla4progress Apr 21 #16

More and more, it's being discovered our brains are wired differently Warpy Apr 21 #20

It's obvious the gqp plays to simple minds who fear complexity lindysalsagal Apr 21 #27

duh! malaise Apr 21 #34

not falling for ridiculous propaganda seems like a low bar Skittles Apr 22 #39

Figures don't lie. But liars figure. Seinan Sensei Apr 22 #40

Seeing all sides Johnny2X2X Apr 22 #43