Thursday, March 11, 2010

Do Liberals, Atheists Have Higher IQs?

Jennifer Thomas (HealthDay News, Mar. 9, 2010)

Study links intelligence test scores with key beliefs and male monogamy. People who consider themselves liberals or atheists tend to have higher IQs than those who are more religious or conservative, a new study suggests. Higher IQs also seem to make men less likely to cheat. Men with higher IQs place a higher value on sexual fidelity than men with lower IQs, although the same association with intelligence and monogamy was not found in women, according to the study. The reasons underlying the differences can be explained by evolution, contends study author Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In evolutionary terms, religion stems from humans' tendency to try to make sense of natural phenomenon. More>>

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