Study Ties Conservative Beliefs To 'Low-Effort
Thinking'
Conservatives and liberals don't seem to agree
about much, and they might not agree about recent studies linking conservatism to low intelligence and "low-effort" thinking. As The Huffington Post reported in February, a study published in the journal "Psychological Science" showed that children who score
low on intelligence tests gravitate toward socially conservative political views in adulthood–perhaps because conservative ideologies stress "structure and order" that make it easier to understand a complicated world. Ouch. And now there's the new study linking
conservative ideologies to "low-effort" thinking. "People endorse conservative ideology more when they have to give a first or fast…
Planet of the Blind 