Lefties proven (again) to tend smarter than right-wingers

[Astyanax]

For those of us who still need it proved to them (not the brightest tools in the woodshed, these).

But hardly news: previous studies have also indicated the same thing.

Click the link below for the full article, peer reviewed and open-sourced on PubMed.

Before replying, kindly note that I am a political centrist.
 

Predicting political beliefs with polygenic scores for cognitive performance and educational attainment

Tobias Edwards, Alexandros Giannelis, Emily A Willoughby, James J Lee
Intelligence #104, May–June 2024

Highlights

• Within families, intelligence predicts left-wing beliefs
  
• DNA-based predictors of IQ also predict political beliefs within families
  
• Our results imply that being genetically predisposed to be smarter causes left-wing beliefs
  

Abstract
Intelligence is correlated with a range of left-wing and liberal political beliefs. This may suggest intelligence directly alters our political views. Alternatively, the association may be confounded or mediated by socioeconomic and environmental factors. We studied the effect of intelligence within a sample of over 300 biological and adoptive families, using both measured IQ and polygenic scores for cognitive performance and educational attainment. We found both IQ and polygenic scores significantly predicted all six of our political scales. Polygenic scores predicted social liberalism and lower authoritarianism, within-families. Intelligence was able to significantly predict social liberalism and lower authoritarianism, within families, even after controlling for socioeconomic variables. Our findings may provide the strongest causal inference to date of intelligence directly affecting political beliefs.

[SteamyAmerican]

Being smart or intelligent isn’t necessarily the same or even better than common sense.

Just an observation.

[FlyersFan]

Scoring on an IQ test doesn't make someone intelligent.
The left think men can get pregnant and that 'no borders' is a good thing.
They are the people who think  Tim Walz is a 'manly man'.
The party that gives us 'woke' bullshit.
No ... that's not 'being smarter'.

The study said that 'social liberalism' is intelligent.
No ... it's not.
And it said liberals were 'less authoritarian'.
No ... they aren't.
They are the most intolerant people in the country.
Silly study.
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[WallFlowerActive]

Both parties fail basic economics in that you shouldn’t spend for decades more than what you can bring in.

[Vermilion]

Think men can be women.
Also think they are the smartest people in the room.
Sure, Jan.

[LightAngel]

I am not left or right.

I am the truth, and I score high (too high if you ask me) in IQ tests.


I think you are intelligent when you aren't afraid to be "silly". 

And I think you are even more intelligent when you care more about the intelligence of the "heart" because it is people with a good heart that will get things done!

So, I guess you can say that the heart intelligence can "safe" the world unless the world kills it.

[David64]

Why are Leftists always looking for a way to say "I'm better than you " ?

They seem to have a need to prove they are superior to anyone who doesn't follow their doctrine.

If you have to tell people how smart you are....you're not.

[Roma]

For what it's worth I looked up political affiliations for three people:

Albert Einstein
Nikola Tesla
Stephen Hawking

These were the first names that came to mind when I think of genius.  None of them were affiliated with either Democrats or Republicans.  It's worth noting that neither Einstein or Tesla were American citizens until later in life, and both leaned more towards Socialism.  

Maybe the "smart thing" is to not tie yourself to any one party.  I myself am an independent.  Does that make me smarter than the left?

[FlyersFan]

 I myself am an independent.  Does that make me smarter than the left?

YES.

[Thetruth]

As a centralist I look down my nose at both lefties and righties as barbaric wingnuts.