IQ och "extrema åsikter"

Från Cornucopia? ur inlägg om konspirationsteorier:

Man ska i sammanhanget inte glömma att extrema åsikter, inklusive ärkekonservativa Ron Paul-dyrkare, är vetenskapligt kopplade till lågt IQ.

Formuleringen lämnar en hel del att önska, men Ron Paul (som också lämnar en del att önska) omnämns mer neutralt som libertarian, och angående IQ och libertarianism - från Reason:

Comparing strong Republicans with strong Democrats, Carl finds that Republicans have a 5.48 IQ point advantage over Democrats. Broadening party affiliation to include moderate to merely leaning respondents still results in a Republican advantage of 3.47 IQ points and 2.47 IQ points respectively. Carl reconciles his findings with the social science literature that reports that liberals are more intelligent than conservatives by proposing that Americans with classically liberal beliefs are even smarter. Carl further reports that those who endorse both social conservatism and economic statism also have lower verbal IQ scores.

"Overall, my findings suggest that higher intelligence among classically liberal Republicans compensates for lower intelligence among socially conservative Republicans," concludes Carl.

Och från Jonathan Haidt, ur en studie baserad på 12 000 libertarianer, 21 000 conservatives och 97 000 liberals (samtliga beteckningar självidentifierade):

On [systemizing] and other measures, libertarians consistently come out as the most cerebral, most rational, and least emotional. On a very crude problem solving measure related to IQ, they score the highest. Libertarians, more than liberals or conservatives, have the capacity to reason their way to their ideology.

Cornucopia? skriver vidare att det endast är resultat under Mensa-liknande omständigheter som räknas, så det kan ju också vara intressant att se resultatet för Triple Nine Society - alltså de med bevisat högre IQ än 99,9 procent av befolkningen, vilket motsvarar cirka topp 5 procent av Mensa - ur sammanställningen av en TNS-undersökning:

Summary. The TNS opinions sampled here show a clear preference for minimal government involvement in personal lifestyle matters (drugs, alcohol, tobacco, firearms, pornography, gambling) and commercial business (subsidies, genetic engineering, Internet commerce, trade with China). In addition to preferring a minimum of government regulation, TNS members wish to see an overhaul of our present tax system, support greater funding for scientific research, and do not want the military used as an 'international police force.' 

Där alltså allt utom ökade forskningsanslag är tydligt libertarianska åskter, eller om man nu skulle vilja formulera det annorlunda - extrema åsikter.

Och ändå inne på konspirationstemat - Larken Rose om Operation Northwoods:

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