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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Christianity, Conservatism (Republican) Linked To Lower IQ
Political, religious and sexual behaviors are reflections of intelligence, a new study finds.
Psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa correlated the above behaviors with IQ from a large national U.S. sample. What did he find? Just what I would expect. People who identified as liberal and atheist had higher IQs. This applied also to sexual exclusivity in men, but not in women.
Findings to be published in the March 2010 issue of Social Psychology Quarterly.
The IQ differences are statistically significant, as much as 11 points. The study demonstrates how certain patterns of identifying with particular ideologies develop, and how some people’s behaviors come to be.
Sexual exclusivity in men, liberalism and atheism all go against what would be expected based on evolutionary behaviors of humans in the past. Basically, in order to go against our natural behaviors we would need to have a higher intelligence and are more evolved than those that believe in superstitions (Most commonly associated with Republicans/Christians).
“The adoption of some evolutionarily novel ideas makes some sense in terms of moving the species forward,” said George Washington University leadership professor James Bailey, who was not involved in the study. “It also makes perfect sense that more intelligent people — people with, sort of, more intellectual firepower — are likely to be the ones to do that.”
Bailey also said that aligning oneself with “unconventional” philosophies such as liberalism or atheism may be “ways to communicate to everyone that you’re pretty smart.
In the case of men and sexual exclusivity, it make sense that men whom are now sexually exclusive are more intelligent because in order to be that way, they had to think and get past the natural evolutionary pattern. Early men had many mates in order to spread their seed and ensure survival of their gene pool. Look at the stories of the Bible…many wives and “go forth and populate” the earth.
“Religion, the current theory goes, did not help people survive or reproduce necessarily, but goes along the lines of helping people to be paranoid, Kanazawa said. Assuming that, for example, a noise in the distance is a signal of a threat helped early humans to prepare in case of danger.”
“It helps life to be paranoid, and because humans are paranoid, they become more religious, and they see the hands of God everywhere,” Kanazawa said.
Have any of you noticed those traits in FOX News opinion personalities? Have we not witnessed it in the recent presidential elections and amount large numbers of Christian Republicans?
Let me refresh your memories: According to the paranoid, President Obama is a socialist, marxist, communist, fascist, terrorist supporter, anti-American, wants to create a death panel to kill grandma…etc. Paranoid as hell, aren’t they? Now, lets go back to the Bush (Christian Republican ) years and notice the fear they preached, as they do now. Fear this, fear that, he is not a citizen. Attacking like animals at every turn and not taking the time to actually think and see things as they really are, in reality.
Check this out:
Adolescents who stated they were atheist had an averaged IQ of 103 compared to adults that stated they were religious had an averaged IQ of 97.
Atheism “allows someone to move forward and speculate on life without any concern for the dogmatic structure of a religion,” Bailey said.
“Historically, anything that’s new and different can be seen as a threat in terms of the religious beliefs; almost all religious systems are about permanence,” he noted.
“Liberals are more likely to be concerned about total strangers; conservatives are likely to be concerned with people they associate with,”
Kanazawa said. “It’s unnatural for humans to be concerned about total strangers.” he said.
It Appears that Fox News and the majority of Christian Republicans follow this pattern. They hate illegals, hate social services, against health care to help millions but care a lot about their money and things and not giving to anyone that is not part of the “family”.
The study found that young adults who said they were “very conservative” had an average adolescent IQ of 95, whereas those who said they were “very liberal” averaged 106.
It also makes sense that “conservatism” as a worldview of keeping things stable would be a safer approach than venturing toward the unfamiliar, Bailey said.
FYI: Bailey is conservative and Kanazawa is “a strong libertarian.”
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Happiness is key to a healthy heart
Student life is certainly far from mundane, miserable and stressful right? So come on everyone- don’t worry, be happy!
Research shows that those who experience joy, excitement and contentment in their lives are less likely to suffer from heart disease. Researchers suggest the best way to do this, is to get a daily dose of a pleasurable hobby or activity. Not only will such activities improve your mood, but it may also be a positive impact on your physical health.
Lead author, Dr Karina Davidson of Columbia University Medical Centre, in New York, America, said:
“Some people wait for their two weeks of vacation to have fun, and that would be analogous to binge drinking – moderation and consistency, not deprivation and binging, is what is needed.
In a 10-year study of 1,700 people, it was found that the most depressed were at the highest risk of heart disease. The team of US researchers believe that happier people may have better sleeping patterns; are less liable to suffer stress and more able to move on from upsetting circumstances- all of which can put a strain on the body.
However, Dr Davidson admitted more research is needed on this link. By the end of the analysis, some 145 had developed heart disease – fewer than one in 10.
Ellen Mason, Senior Cardiac Nurse at the British Heart Foundation said:
“Today’s study used an experimental design that is great for observing trends and associations, but doesn’t prove cause and effect or tell us for sure whether changing our mood can definitely reduce our risk of heart disease”.
She continued, “This research suggested that those who naturally had a ‘glass half-full’ mood seemed to be most protected from disease. But we’re not all like that, and we know that improving your mood isn’t always easy – so we don’t know if it’s possible to change our natural levels of positivity.”
A little information about heart disease:
There are thought to be 2.5 million people in Britain with heart disease. this condition is the single biggest killer causing claiming 70,000 deaths a year.
700 people in the UK suffer a heart attack every day – that’s one every two minutes.
One British adult dies from the disease every three minutes
The risk of heart disease is greater for people with poor diet, who smoke and do not exercise, and men are more likely to suffer from it than women.
Heart disease and stroke may be inherited, but often they are the result of lifestyle. Changing eating, exercise and smoking habits can play a significant part in prevention.
For more information, please visit: The British Heart Foundation
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