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Low cognitive ability (as measured by a vocabulary test) correlated with bias against Hispanics, Asian Americans, atheists, gay men and lesbians, blacks, Muslims, illegal immigrants, liberals, whites, people on welfare and feminists. High cognitive ability correlated with bias against Christian fundamentalists, big business, Christians (in general), the Tea Party, the military, conservatives, Catholics, working-class people, rich people and middle-class people. But raw brainpower itself doesn’t seem to be the deciding factor in who we hate: When Brandt controlled for participants’ demographics and traditionalism (smart people were more supportive of “newer lifestyles” and less supportive of “traditional family ties”), intelligence didn’t correlate with overall levels of prejudice.
Ha, ha, doofus, you think your prejudices are better. Small consolation.
Well yeah---it's because we are right.
In all seriousness that was a good read. Thanks for posting. It provided a good chance to step back and reflect.
This was a particularly interesting paragraph in my opinion:
I don't deny that if I have to have a bias against somebody I would rather it be due to disagreements with their ideology rather than simply their skin color or sexuality.
It did make me laugh that high intelligence folks have a bias against "working-class, people, rich people and middle-class people." I would like to hear more about what those groups entail.
aint no one hate Asians, get real
Lots of Koreans hate Japanese. The Chinese government hate Tibetans.
aint no one hate Asians, get real