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Re:Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated by gojomo on Sunday April 26, 2009 @01:53AM (#579702)
Important note: the study's definition of 'conservative' does not map directly to 'conservative in domestic US politics'.

Also, it is from a study by a Singapore-based academic, based on a pool of foreign students seeking entry to the US, and community college students (unclear where).

Less-intellectual but traditional-hopeful-and-hard-working conservatives could easily be overrepresented in such a study population.

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Re:Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated by rw140 on Sunday April 26, 2009 @04:49AM (#579813)
Yes - their sample selection is a little interesting. As their definition of conservatism included valuing hard work, I wonder if all the study has shown is that 'if you work hard, then you don't have to be as intelligent in order to get into the same university as someone who works less hard'.
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