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Originally posted by Colin
Can you get an idea of someone's general intellectual ability from their political views or religious beliefs?
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general intelligence? ofcourse not... since im sure there's some very intelligent Republicans.. much more intelligent than alot of democrats for exemple (even if it sounds unbelievable)
And vice-versa...
However, your views can be a sign of less than perfect intelligence (how less than perfect? it depends on how extreme the person's views are), lack of intellectual rigour/lack of intellectual objectivity, flawed logic/judgement... But with all of that, one can still be more intelligent than most who have opposite views (political or religious for exemple, whatever the views are)