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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by specialist on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @02:58PM (#20698787)
I now doubt IQ, values, beliefs are even a factor.

A relation of mine went from studying marine biology to full on fundie. Creationism, climate denial, etc. Huge Trump supporter too, of course.

Can any one explain to me how a one time scientist now doubts evolution?

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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by watersb on Thursday August 15, 2019 @01:12AM (#20702746)
Intelligence amplifies a person's ability to construct a narrative that feels like a good fit to lived experience.

Complicated plot. It's all interconnected...

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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by asdf21 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @05:42PM (#20700265)
It's a belief system that is naturally selected for, for one thing.

How many liberal atheists do you know with 4+ kids, versus conservatives?

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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by redler on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @06:07PM (#20700516)
Ah yes, the Idiocracy[1] effect.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy

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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by asdf21 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @06:23PM (#20700658)
is being a genetic dead end really all that smart though?
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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by AlexCoventry on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:54PM (#20702209)
Species evolve into local optima all the time. Clonal reproduction is a common evolutionary dead end.
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