Right-wing pundit Bill O'Reilly.
A study recently published in Social Psychology Quarterly has revealed some interesting statistical relationships between political ideology, religious views, and IQ. Specifically the more intelligent any given individual was found to be, the less likely they were to exhibit classic right-wing political leanings or embrace religious views of any kind.
The study found that young adults self-identifying as “very liberal” had an average IQ score 11 points higher (106 to 95) than those labeling themselves as “very conservative.” Perhaps incomprehensibly, the gap was smaller, but still significant, separating those embracing agnosticism and atheism (103 IQ) over theism (97 IQ).
“Cavemen were very conservative,” suggested evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa. “Defend your family with rocks and spears; other tribes weren’t your problem...unless they were a different color than you in which case you probably had to scream a lot and hit them with large sticks or cave-brows until they died horribly. An evolutionarily novel stance is the new trend toward at least pretending to care about people other than yourself. So far, this trait is only being exhibited in the more intelligent demographic -- that is, left-leaners and the non-religious.”
Another surprising connection to intelligence was discovered in the study -- the relatively recent trend of monogamy.
“We found that men with higher intelligence scores tended toward exclusivity in relationships,” Kanazawa explained. “Not the women though, unsurprisingly. They’re just as slutty regardless of overall intelligence.”
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