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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: TopCat who wrote (598316)1/17/2011 4:40:20 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (4) of 1576892
 
20 Scientifically-Proven Signs You're Smarter Than Average

You're a liberal


If you attended Rally For Sanity, you're probably in good shape.

According to evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics and Political Science, people who have liberal political views have higher IQs.

Here is the reasoning: Liberal beliefs go against humans' evolutionary beliefs. In other words, being liberal would not have benefited our ancestors.

"The adoption of some evolutionarily novel ideas makes some sense in terms of moving the species forward," CNN quotes 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."

CNN writes, "These preferences may stem from a desire to show superiority or elitism, which also has to do with IQ. In fact, aligning oneself with "unconventional" philosophies such as liberalism or atheism may be ways to communicate to everyone that you're pretty smart."

Read more: businessinsider.com
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