"Cognitive abilities are negatively related to right-wing." What does Saidit think about this study?

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[–]Ian 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I probably wouldn't be able to say anything about the science behind the report...

But reading the titles of some of the other reports one of the co-authors and using THE POWER OF EMPATHY to put myself in his mindset I can understand why he'd want to paint "right wingers" in a certain light.

https://scholar.google.be/citations?user=1xor5VwAAAAJ&hl=nl

[–]althekemist[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Here is a Psypost article about this paper...https://www.psypost.org/2019/09/people-with-lower-emotional-intelligence-are-more-likely-to-hold-right-wing-views-study-finds-54369

[–]kazenmusic 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

(Sigh) The ideas are not worthy of comment. However, thank you OP for pointing it out...the words in my head are "glazed sleaze"