Smart Men Are Almost Never Conservative
There is a pattern that shows up across decades of political psychology research that nobody in mainstream media wants to talk about directly.
The smarter a man is, the less likely he is to embrace conservative politics.
Not slightly less likely. Significantly less likely. And the data goes back further than most people realize.
THE STUDY NOBODY TALKS ABOUT
In 1987, researchers at Saarland University and Philipps University in Germany launched one of the most ambitious longitudinal studies in political psychology. They identified over 7,000 third grade students, isolated the gifted ones, and…
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