Of course, Liberals and Atheists are more likely to write the tests and develop the theories. And "state governors who hike the Appalachian trail and less-than- faithful golfers" seem to be making a disproportionate contribution to the gene pool.
On Feb 26, 2010, at 9:45 AM, <sbl...@ubishops.ca> <sbl...@ubishops.ca> wrote: > ...is the provocative title of a new study, namely > > Kanazawa, S. (2010). Why Liberals and Atheists Are More > Intelligent. _Social Psychology Quarterly_, first published on > February 16 as doi:10.1177/0190272510361602 > > Abstract ( http://spq.sagepub.com/pap.dtl ) > > The origin of values and preferences is an unresolved > theoretical question in behavioral and social sciences. The > Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis, derived from the Savanna > Principle and a theory of the evolution of general intelligence, > suggests that more intelligent individuals may be more likely to > acquire and espouse evolutionarily novel values and > preferences (such as liberalism and atheism and, for men, > sexual exclusivity) than less intelligent individuals, but that > general intelligence may have no effect on the acquisition and > espousal of evolutionarily familiar values (for children, marriage, > family, and friends). The analyses of the National Longitudinal > Study of Adolescent Health (Study 1) and the General Social > Surveys (Study 2) show that adolescent and adult intelligence > significantly increases adult liberalism, atheism, and men´s (but > not women´s) value on sexual exclusivity. > > News item on it here: > > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100224132655.h > tm or http://tinyurl.com/y9racoq > > It should not escape your notice that the theory and results imply > that state governors who hike the Appalachian trail and less- > than-faithful golfers may not be the sharpest knifes in the > drawer. But you already knew that. > > From the news report, it seems that the author favours the > interpretation of this correlation that high IQ causes the political, > religious, and sexual preferences. Of course, it may be that > evolution (i.e. genetics) is responsible for all of them. > > Stephen > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: paul.bran...@mnsu.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u? > id=13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a64900b&n=T&l=tips&o=902 > or send a blank email to > leave-902-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=903 or send a blank email to leave-903-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
