High IQ men tend to be less conservative than their average peers, study finds

Higher IQ leads to lower conservatism in men in decades-long study

A decades-long study suggests that men with higher intelligence quotient ratings are less likely to hold conservative political views.The study comes from researchers at Saarland University and Philipps-University Marburg, institutions in Germany.According to PsyPost, "The team based their research on the 'Cognitive Complexity-Openness Hypothesis.' This concept suggests that people with higher intelligence are generally more open to new experien…

Right-Wing Men Are Obsessed With IQ — A New Study Shows Theirs Tend To Be Lower

Over the last decade, hungry to be told a story they want to hear about themselves, right-wing men have become increasingly obsessed with the concept of IQ and Charles Murray-eque race science. They have madly fallen in love, especially, with the idea that white people have higher IQs than Black people, posting endless memes just begging the world to tell them that they are special and smart and should be in charge of everything and would be in …

New research shows high-IQ men reject conservative politics: report

PsyPost reports a new study is revealing that average-intelligence men have a more conservative mentality, while gifted men and women tend to be more varied.The study, “Exploring exceptional minds: Political orientations of gifted adults,” authored by Maximilian Krolo, Jörn R. Sparfeldt, and Detlef H. Rost, sought to discover if distinct political patterns emerge when comparing gifted adults to a control group of average intelligence.The exhaust…

High IQ men tend to be less conservative than their average peers, study finds

The stereotype of the eccentric genius with radical political views is a common trope in fiction. A new study challenges this assumption by suggesting that highly intelligent adults may hold political views that are remarkably similar to the general population. Researchers found that adults identified as gifted in childhood largely share the same political outlooks as their non-gifted peers, with one specific exception regarding conservatism in …