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Study: correlation between "low effort thought" and conservatism

  • Jack Passion said...

    confused

    You're really not getting this, are you?

    Yep. A famous reverend once said-

    "America's chickens, are coming home to roost."

    BOOM!...and suddenly Chik-fil-A became a hit.

    Some religious zealots are cool, libby.... Even the liberal ones.

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  • CMXI said...

    Seriously? You expect the president to undo 8 years' worth of damage in only 4, when he inherited a crumbling economy in the middle of a recession? Considering where we started, I'd say chopping $350 billion off the deficit is a damn good start.

    Considering Bush added over a trillion dollars to the deficit, the last person I want to allow in office is someone whose team of advisors consists largely of Bush holdovers, all of whom are advocating the same failed economic policies that resulted in us going from a surplus to running a $1.4 trillion deficit.

    Seriously. How much of that $800 billion dollars got added to bushes last budget. Quit acting like your president is this great spender. He is horrible!!! Why don't you recite some sources.

    lestat

  • CMXI said...

    Fox certainly contributes to that atmosphere.

    remember when i first saw this,,, effing news nowadays

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  • Jack Passion said...

    I can't say I'm surprised. This definitely validates thoughts that have been existing in the general public for awhile.

    Best part of the study: "Together these data suggest that political conservatism may be a process consequence of low-effort thought; when effortful, deliberate thought is disengaged, endorsement of conservative ideology increases."

    So all you Mitt supporters, make sure you read the ballot carefully and ask for any needed help when voting! lol

    Highly respected sources...

    You are obviously an under educated fool. That is like saying Rachel Maddow is a competent human being.

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  • CMXI said...

    The GOP has started rejecting basic math, since it doesn't fit the narrative.

    all the sources are from websites and newspapers that have a history of a liberal bias. You people are idiots.

    There is a reason "The Right" is "The Right."

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  • CptAUmerica21 said...

    all the sources are from websites and newspapers that have a history of a liberal bias. You people are idiots.

    There is a reason "The Right" is "The Right."

    What I understood from the conclusion doesn't at all imply conservatives are less intelligent. It basically says the principles of conservatism are common sense and don't really require much effort to understand.

    The study doesn't lead to the conclusion that liberals are smarter, just that it takes more effort to understand what they are talking about.

    VTSmitty

  • CMXI said...

    Noooope, but you can keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.

    Deficit is being reduced under Obama, unemployment is going down under Obama, economy is recovering. Pretty much the exact opposite of the Bush years.

    You just cited a Lebanese newspaper as validation that Bernanke and Obama have been successful in turning around the economy? lol

    Just because you are a lawyer doesn't mean you know anything about economics. QE3 is just prolonging our recession.

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  • CMXI said...

    The belief that "common sense" is the way to govern the United States is what led to the 8 economically disastrous years of the Bush presidency. I would hope people have learned that we don't want the country to be governed by a guy with "street smarts" who acts just like any of us.

    hahahaha what a stupid post.

    So Romney only has "street smarts" and Obama is a genius right? Hahaha Romney has forgotten more about economics that Obama will ever know. Obama was a city organizer in one of the most corrupt cities in the US and that qualifies him to run this country? Dear God you liberals would swallow Obama's balls if he would let you.

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  • I love how people are so quick to point out the number of black votes for Obama. I'm sure that most redneck trash won't vote for Romney because he's a white republican.
    IMO, the party system has ruined the country

    Reload

  • You guys ease off the libs. They'll be crawling out of bed in the next hour or two and be mad as hell when they see what you are saying about them.

    VTSmitty

  • CMXI said...

    You can debate the third point, but the first two are simply hard facts. The deficit has been reduced from Bush's high of $1.413 trillion to approximately $1.089 trillion. Unemployment is consistently trending down from a high of 10.8% and now rests at 7.8%. These are actual facts.

    The unemployment rate does not take into account the people that are no longer looking for jobs hence the increase in welfare recipients, foodstamps and the like. Also, the new unemployment number went down due to part time employment spike which correlates to temperary employment (retail jobs during the holidays).

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  • CptAUmerica21 said...

    Highly respected sources...

    You are obviously an under educated fool. That is like saying Rachel Maddow is a competent human being.

    confused

    This was a published study.

    Jack Passion

  • VTSmitty said...

    You guys ease off the libs. They'll be crawling out of bed in the next hour or two and be mad as hell when they see what you are saying about them.

    It's almost the first of the month...

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  • Reload said...

    I love how people are so quick to point out the number of black votes for Obama. I'm sure that most redneck trash won't vote for Romney because he's a white republican. IMO, the party system has ruined the country

    The link provided by dpfenny should provide some good insight into the GOP voting demographic.

    Jack Passion

  • VTSmitty said...

    You guys ease off the libs. They'll be crawling out of bed in the next hour or two and be mad as hell when they see what you are saying about them.

    Awesome lol

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  • CptAUmerica21 said...

    all the sources are from websites and newspapers that have a history of a liberal bias. You people are idiots.

    There is a reason "The Right" is "The Right."

    Nate Silver has the most accurate electoral projection model in history. He predicted the outcomes of 49/50 states in the 2008 election. No matter how you may feel about websites and newspapers, it's not like Silver only draws from biased sources - he draws on surveys from across the political spectrum, from both conservative and liberal sources, as well as many truly neutral sources. His methodology is completely transparent, if you took two seconds to look.

    You can live in an alternate reality all you want, but the fact of the matter is that Nate Silver and 538 have produced the most accurate model ever, and you're doing what so many others are doing and rejecting transparent, basic math with unfounded claims of "liberal bias."

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  • bucks3342 said...

    The unemployment rate does not take into account the people that are no longer looking for jobs hence the increase in welfare recipients, foodstamps and the like. Also, the new unemployment number went down due to part time employment spike which correlates to temperary employment (retail jobs during the holidays).

    The new unemployment number has been going steadily down since its peak in October 2009. Unless you want to try to argue that it's been one big 3-year-holiday since then, a part-time employment spike for holidays isn't close to responsible for the decreasing unemployment.

    Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

    http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000

    data.bls.gov
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  • the_bagman said...

    hahahaha what a stupid post.

    So Romney only has "street smarts" and Obama is a genius right? Hahaha Romney has forgotten more about economics that Obama will ever know. Obama was a city organizer in one of the most corrupt cities in the US and that qualifies him to run this country? Dear God you liberals would swallow Obama's balls if he would let you.

    I never said Romney only has "street smarts," but way to try to put words in my mouth. I'm saying that the presidency should not be held by "Joe the plumber" or any other candidate who appeals to voters because he's "just like them." The president should be one of the most intelligent, gifted people in the country. If you disagree with that, I'd love to hear your rationale.

    Also, I love how you conveniently forget that Obama was a U.S. Senator, a state senator, and the Editor of the Harvard Law Review.

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  • Clemson said...

    You just cited a Lebanese newspaper as validation that Bernanke and Obama have been successful in turning around the economy? lol

    Just because you are a lawyer doesn't mean you know anything about economics. QE3 is just prolonging our recession.

    Just because a newspaper is from a foreign country doesn't mean it's inaccurate. (For example, Al-Jazeera is a better news source than anything in the U.S.). If you knew anything about reputable journalism, you'd know that Fareed Zakaria is one of the most respected economic journalists in the world.

    Also, seeing as how you've questioned my understanding of economics (I suppose the multiple years I spent studying economics at an Ivy League school mean nothing), how about you go ahead and explain to me, in detail, how QE3 is prolonging our recession?

    This post was edited by CMXI on 10/30/2012 at 11:12 AM

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  • CMXI said...

    I never said Romney only has "street smarts," but way to try to put words in my mouth. I'm saying that the presidency should not be held by "Joe the plumber" or any other candidate who appeals to voters because he's "just like them." The president should be one of the most intelligent, gifted people in the country. If you disagree with that, I'd love to hear your rationale.

    Also, I love how you conveniently forget that Obama was a U.S. Senator, a state senator, and the Editor of the Harvard Law Review.

    Don't disagree that the president should be intelligent. My problem is libs tend to think graduating from a top university automatically qualifies you to run the country. There's a lot more to running the country and making intelligent decision than having a high IQ or Harvard degree.

    Being a US Senator doesn't mean jack shit. Especially in a corrupt place like Chicago. Look at who voted him in.

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  • the_bagman said...

    Don't disagree that the president should be intelligent. My problem is libs tend to think graduating from a top university automatically qualifies you to run the country. There's a lot more to running the country and making intelligent decision than having a high IQ or Harvard degree.

    Being a US Senator doesn't mean jack shit. Especially in a corrupt place like Chicago. Look at who voted him in.

    Obviously, graduating from a top university doesn't automatically qualify you to run the country (and it's a massive overgeneralization to say that "libs" think that it does), but there's a world of difference between "graduating from a top university" and "Editor of the Harvard Law Review." Editor of the Harvard Law Review means you're one of, if not the best student at one of, if not the best law school in the country. I graduated from a top university, but I don't hold a candle to Editor of the Harvard Law Review.

    Also, damn, if being a U.S. Senator doesn't mean anything, what in the hell qualifies a person to be president?

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  • CMXI said...

    Just because a newspaper is from a foreign country doesn't mean it's inaccurate. (For example, Al-Jazeera is a better news source than anything in the U.S.). If you knew anything about reputable journalism, you'd know that Fareed Zakaria is one of the most respected economic journalists in the world.

    Also, seeing as how you've questioned my understanding of economics (I suppose the multiple years I spent studying economics at an Ivy League school mean nothing), how about you go ahead and explain to me, in detail, how QE3 is prolonging our recession?

    I'll keep it short for now, as its lunch time.

    -Devaluation of the dollar/dilution of the money supply.
    -Creates a false sense of improvement by surging stock prices, low interest rates. What happens when rates surge back up? The bond market is going to be interesting to watch.
    -Inflation is going to grow through the roof.

    I can't remember who said it, but there was a quote along the lines of "Bernanke is building skyscrapers on unstable ground".

    How do you think QE3 is going to be affective? How are lower interest rates correlated to decreasing the unemployment rate?

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  • CMXI said...

    The new unemployment number has been going steadily down since its peak in October 2009. Unless you want to try to argue that it's been one big 3-year-holiday since then, a part-time employment spike for holidays isn't close to responsible for the decreasing unemployment.

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2012/10/11/obamas-real-unemployment-rate-is-14-7-and-a-recessions-on-the-way/

    http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/rick-newman/2012/10/09/the-real-unemployment-rate-is-still-really-lousy

    http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-unemployment-rate-has-fallen-in-2012-2012-10

    dpfenny

  • the_bagman said...

    Don't disagree that the president should be intelligent. My problem is libs tend to think graduating from a top university automatically qualifies you to run the country. There's a lot more to running the country and making intelligent decision than having a high IQ or Harvard degree.

    Being a US Senator doesn't mean jack shit. Especially in a corrupt place like Chicago. Look at who voted him in.

    He doesn't have a high IQ. Pretty pathetic college grades as well, or he'd be bragging about them while collecting $5,000,000 from donald Trump.

    VTSmitty

  • VTSmitty said...

    He doesn't have a high IQ. Pretty pathetic college grades as well, or he'd be bragging about them while collecting $5,000,000 from donald Trump.

    Low-Effort Thought Promotes Political Conservatism

    http://psp.sagepub.com/content/38/6/808

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