I feel this way about conservatives

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I'm aware that conservatives are occasionally intelligent, but since both higher IQ and higher education level are linked to liberalism, a proven fact, I generally go ahead and presume that the strong conservatives I encounter possess below average intelligence since it's statistically most likely.

Is it normal/okay for me to initially expect the most likely outcome based on hard facts as long as I remain open to them showing me that they're one of the rarer conservatives?

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  • Vantablack
    4 years ago

    It's very true that average childhood IQ and extent of education increases toward the left and decreases toward the right, with the average IQ of those holding far-right views below average and the average IQ of those with far-left views above average. Far-left views are also much more common among the highly educated. It's important to remember, however, that these are just averages and don't indicate a total lack of intelligent people who gravitate toward the right.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      I totally agree. I'm just saying that when forming predictions I can't help but expect statistical likelihood as statistical likelihood.

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      • McBean
        4 years ago

        Meh. It would show more perceptiveness on your part if you based your prediction on parameters that correlate more highly with political views than education does. Income and profession are examples. Investment bankers are conservative, intelligent, and rich 1%ers, with little sympathy for working class people. People with higher income in analytical professions like engineering, technology, and pharmaceutical development are also intelligent conservatives.

        You need to find the exceptions in your model (i.e. intelligent conservatives, and below average liberals) to develop a more accurate set of adjustments to your predictive rules.

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  • DIO
    4 years ago

    Yes and no. As it is logical and rational to believe facts, you can't make a generalization of everything.
    You can be intelligent without being a liberalist or conservatist.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      Exactly. The facts are what the facts are, but I'm open to variables.

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  • Squidward
    4 years ago

    Intelligence is a much more complicated issue than just IQ. I've noticed that while leftists may be more intelligent on paper, their emotions negate any difference in intelligence. Leftists are far, far more emotional than conservatives, hence their beliefs regarding Islamic "migrants", gun control, affirmative action, feminism, etc. Their positions are based on emotional reactions, not on facts.

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  • UsedTamponCollector
    4 years ago

    I'm not sure being conservative has anything to do with low IQ. I'm a fairly liberal person myself, but I don't think that one party affiliation is associated with lower IQ per say.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      It's actually confirmed by multiple studies repeatedly. This isn't my opinion. It's an outright fact that people don't like to talk about because it has the effect of making one school of thought appear objectively more intelligent.

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      • UsedTamponCollector
        4 years ago

        Interesting.

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  • Anonymous Post Author
    4 years ago

    So the people voting "no" are saying it's not normal to make predictions based on statistics. Okay. I'm guessing those were votes biased by personal political affiliation, leading me to believe they weren't cast by the exceptions I do believe in.

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    • McBean
      4 years ago

      You have to test your bias assumption otherwise you run the danger ignoring data that contraindicates your perceived exceptions.

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