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Ah yes, now we have studies showing people who don’t agree with the liberal left are stupid and slow. The ultimate ad hominem.
It doesn’t say anything to the effect of people on the left or right are more intelligent than one another.
Ah yes, now we have studies showing people who don’t agree with the liberal left are stupid and slow. The ultimate ad hominem.
There is a reason for a:
Ah yes, now we have studies showing people who don’t agree with the liberal left are stupid and slow. The ultimate ad hominem.
Correlation implies causation?
I have to read the rest. But this article starts of promising.
Ah yes, now we have studies showing people who don’t agree with the liberal left are stupid and slow. The ultimate ad hominem.
The study is actually rather neutral. All the study says is that people who are less adept at complex mental tasks are more likely to follow authoritarians. It doesn’t say anything to the effect of people on the left or right are more intelligent than one another.
No surprises here, is there?
Ah yes, now we have studies showing people who don’t agree with the liberal left are stupid and slow. The ultimate ad hominem.
It's kind of intuitive, isn't it? There is a certain category of people who understand only simple explanations and don't like complexity, whereas most phenomena in our lives have several layers of complexity. It's natural these people are attracted to those who can provide false but simple explanations of reality.
Stepping away from that comfort was difficult and took time. It's also isolating. Nonetheless, I could no longer make extraordinary claims without extraordinary evidence. I'd rather know the truth of things the best I can, while I can.