What is the Average IQ of the Wing Nuts Today ?

[goclark]

A friend sent this link to me and while this study was done in 2003, it seems to express what may be happening.

This study was done in 2003 ~ there were a few intelligent people left in the Republican Party at that time.

http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/id1048.html

Based on the current conditions of the Republican Party, what would you say is their Average IQ?

[MrModerate]

1. Lead paint not banned in the US until fairly recently. Just sayin'. n/t

[goclark]

10. Did the Nuts have more lead paint in their schools?

:shrug: I don't know, interesting point.

[MrModerate]

13. I think their tendency to "chew the scenery" when their delicate sensibilities are offended . . .

Might lead to a higher per capita consumption of lead-based paint.

[goclark]

25. That's funny ~ LOL nt

[OHdem10]

2. It more a choice to remain ignorant than IQ..

[goclark]

3. Are they smart enough to make that choice?

Just saying ~ :shrug:

[MissMarple]

12. I believe the cause is multifactorial.

Many people, however, do cling to their prejudices and irrationalities as a form of self defense. In some cases, if met with the truth, the real world, their heads could implode. I swear to god.

[Wounded Bear]

4. I thought the "average" IQ was 100...

:shrug:

I'm not sure any of that data is statistically meaningful.

Or maybe willful ignorance can depress IQ numbers.

[RagAss]

21. It is...just not in America.

[SmileyRose]

5. Can someone answer me this?

if the average wage per person is around $28,000 who the hell is buy all these $400,000 condos in Atlanta ??

The Average wage in Georgia is $29,000. The average house in Georgia was around $200,000 in 2003. Now how in God's name does a household grossing $60 grand afford a $200,000 house - plus 2 cars - plus medical care - plus utilities - plus 401K/IRA etc.

[surrealAmerican]

23. This is, of course, why the housing "bubble" burst.

Those sort of prices couldn't last. Speculators, interested in "flipping" the property, drove prices beyond the reach of all but the wealthiest home buyers.

[Ozymanithrax]

6. IQ has nothing to do with it...

It is racism. Some are dumber than ten day old dog crap. But they are all racist who can not accept a black man in the white house.

[goclark]

9. I don't believe it is that simple

Do you think they would have given Hillary a pass?

I don't think so,they need something to pick on and they still can't believe that the Democrats out slicked them and yes -- out slicked them with a Black Man.

[MissMarple]

7. Nutrition, education, development of critical thinking skills are essential.

And, how do you develop critical thinking skills if all you know is dogmatic agreement in a go along, get along culture? You have to be born with strong predilection for doing your own thing, being capable of independent thinking, and having a skepticism of what everyone else seems to mindlessly accept as..."just because..." Many of us are just born this way, but these are qualities that can be developed and fostered. Tragically, and more oddly, this country is really bad about properly educating children to identify dogma, recognize propaganda, and most importantly, to think for themselves.

If you are born with those abilities, fine, if you need them fostered and developed....someone has bridges to sell you...in the desert. I think his name is Dick.

[Euromutt]

16. I think you have put your finger on it

I was reading this thread thinking "it's not that they're necessarily unintelligent, it's that they lack critical thinking skills," and lo! you were already there. There's some saying (I think I got it from Michael Shermer, but I don't know whether he coined it) about how smart people are really good at rationalizing things they've come to believe for non-smart reasons.

[MissMarple]

29. Yes, it's what you do, what you learn to do with what you have, not with inherent intelligence (IQ)

necessarily. :)

Thanks!

[bugfragged]

8. I think it has more to do with personality than IQ...

...since that is the common link between the leaders and the sheep. If you read their posts online, they just sound so cruel, spiteful, and ultimately self-serving.

[gopiscrap]

11. Excellent article

[Kaleva]

14. Right wing nuts IQ +Left wing nuts IQ=negative number

[kenny blankenship]

15. I'd tell you, but it sounds like a score from a tennis match and you'd call me a liar

If they don't lay off the paint thinner their IQ will read more like the score from a game of soccer.

[Liquorice]

17. I'm not buying it. I've met smart republicans and unintelligent democrats. What

seems to determine political affiliation is a person's worldview--and that is shaped by their upbringing, personality, personal experiences, friends, etc.

[Chemisse]

19. I agree - it would be nice to feel smug in our intellectual superiority

And it certainly seems like the sheep-like Republicans are just plain dumb, but it really is a product of their experiences and upbringing.

[rbrnmw]

18. I am not sure

but it is probably a negative number

[old mark]

20. It's more a matter of willful ignorance. They isolate themselves completely

and have prejudices for of opinions and thoughts.

Granted there are some remarkably stupid people who are Republicans - Palin is one - but I would say most of them are simply poorly educated, with personality disorders.
Even Palin graduated from college, which says something about our educational system.


mark

[Hubert Flottz]

22. -99.9

or less...They'll believe anything!

[goclark]

26. They will believe anything that gives power to their base

Now that base is headed by Rush and Palin.

[Motown_Johnny]

24. I agree with the conclusion, but some of the numbers don't work for me

the most notable is that they list D.C. as a state but also


it claims that the average in the U.S. is 98, yet only 10 states are listed as having an average lower than 98, and only one is a high population state (texas). Then only 2 are exactly average. That leaves 38 states that are above average. I will need to see better numbers, like population per state, to believe these numbers.

(I am not counting D.C. as a state since they don't include Puerto Rico, Guam or American Samoa in the study)

[deaniac21]

27. Wow, it's amazing to see what real science digs up. The data

collection for this detailed study is irrefutable !

[goclark]

28. I never said that, you forgot the sarcasm button.

Based on my experience as a teacher, the Nuts that are on television carrying signs are not your high scoring group.

I don't need data to know that one. : )

[deaniac21]

30. Yep, they are right below the LTTE crowd.

[backscatter712]

31. Room temperature...

in Celsius! :evilgrin: