Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ

[Eilonnwy]

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/26...elligence/

Just thought I'd share as it would be relevant to our interests.

[fr0d0]

Some interesting quotes in there.

[Eilonnwy]

Indeed.

"More intelligent people don't have more children, so moving away from the trajectory is not going to happen," he said.

That made me laugh. But inwardly I cried because it's true. T.T

[AtheistPhil]

The post on pharyngula about this paper is also interesting.

It seems that Dr. Kanazawa isn't really good at data analysis and shouldn't be considered a reliable scientific source.

[Shell B]

Wow, very interesting. I especially liked the average IQ of a religious adult.

[Tiberius]

I guess I'm an anomaly if this is true, lol

[Shell B]

Now you'll have to elaborate.

[Tiberius]

Well I have an exceptionally high IQ, and I'm a Libertarian. I'm about as far right-wing as you can get...

[Shell B]

So, you're saying you're a man whore?

[Tiberius]

Lol, no

It's only the political side of the study that I seem to defy. I wonder if there is a strong correlation between being an evolutionary psychologist and being conservative / libertarian. The two who wrote the study are, and so is one of my friends (who's published several papers on intelligence).