Right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers, says study

[Pete]

Why am I not surprised? Still, it's in the Daily Mail, so it must be true... 

   •   Children with low intelligence grow up to be prejudiced
   •   Right-wing views make the less intelligent feel 'safe'
   •   Analysis of more than 15,000 people

Right-wingers tend to be less intelligent than left-wingers, and people with low childhood intelligence tend to grow up to have racist and anti-gay views, says a controversial new study.

Conservative politics work almost as a 'gateway' into prejudice against others, say the Canadian academics.

The paper analysed large UK studies which compared childhood intelligence with political views in adulthood across more than 15,000 people.

The authors claim that people with low intelligence gravitate towards right-wing views because they make them feel safe.

http://dailym.ai/MUOALn

[Old Cruser]

Har Har

Well Canadian academics are never wrong 

[Pete]

Must admin I was a bit sceptical at first, but it's based on a survey of 15,000 people and reported in the Daily Mail, then it must be true...

[Old Cruser]

Exactly Pete, the Daily Mail will be spot on with the report, plus the survey of 15,000 people speaks for its self 

[Slacker]

Bit of an own goal from the Mail having a dig at its own readership

[Pete]

Yep