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posted March 20, 2010 04:45 PM         

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the london school of economics has done a comparative study of the average intelligence of americans by political preference.

guess which group came out with clearly higher IQs on average?? and why?

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posted March 20, 2010 07:04 PM         

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I saw this. Six points on a scale well known for accuracy problems isn't really noteworthy. (Even if a large difference was noted in any fashion I couldn't help but wonder if it said more about those conducting the study than it said about society.)

Even some atheists are unimpressed by it:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/stop_patting_yourselves_on_the.php

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posted March 20, 2010 07:15 PM         

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good lord did you think i was serious?? quite apart from all the incredibly brilliant conservatives i know and have known, i consider it a ridiculous study ... but we lack levity on this page sometimes, don't we??

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posted March 21, 2010 09:16 PM         

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Lots of people are acting like this study is significant. So yeah, I thought you were serious.

Remember, there's no voice tones or body language to read over the net to detect snark & tongue in cheek comments.

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posted March 21, 2010 10:18 PM         

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not to worry dervish, but i do think i have made it more than clear that i don't think "conservative" is synonymous with stupid. i learned that from a friend's father long ago, a brilliant neurosurgeon from the south who foresaw the interference insurance companies would cause in his practice...amongst other things. my father and he debated regularly the pros and cons of "progress" in politics...

and the silly "dude" was supposed to emphasize the silliness of the whole thing!!

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