Low IQ Social Conservatives

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2012/01/low-iq-social-conservatives

The most popular article this morning on Yahoo! News is a piece about an academic study. "Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study found," is the way the article put it. Not a single person identified as a social conservative is actually quoted in the article, and the article's definition of a social conservative — "Social conservatives were defined as people who agreed with a laundry list of statements such as 'Family life suffers if mum is working full-time,' and 'Schools should teach children to obey authority' — seems subject to challenge.

by Editor  |  Jan 27, 2012 at 8:04 am Related Topics:  Criticism of Yahoo! News, Education, Press receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list