It's very true that average childhood IQ and extent of education increases toward the left and decreases toward the right, with the average IQ of those holding far-right views below average and the average IQ of those with far-left views above average. Far-left views are also much more common among the highly educated. It's important to remember, however, that these are just averages and don't indicate a total lack of intelligent people who gravitate toward the right.
Meh. It would show more perceptiveness on your part if you based your prediction on parameters that correlate more highly with political views than education does. Income and profession are examples. Investment bankers are conservative, intelligent, and rich 1%ers, with little sympathy for working class people. People with higher income in analytical professions like engineering, technology, and pharmaceutical development are also intelligent conservatives.
You need to find the exceptions in your model (i.e. intelligent conservatives, and below average liberals) to develop a more accurate set of adjustments to your predictive rules.
I feel this way about conservatives
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It's very true that average childhood IQ and extent of education increases toward the left and decreases toward the right, with the average IQ of those holding far-right views below average and the average IQ of those with far-left views above average. Far-left views are also much more common among the highly educated. It's important to remember, however, that these are just averages and don't indicate a total lack of intelligent people who gravitate toward the right.
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I totally agree. I'm just saying that when forming predictions I can't help but expect statistical likelihood as statistical likelihood.
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Meh. It would show more perceptiveness on your part if you based your prediction on parameters that correlate more highly with political views than education does. Income and profession are examples. Investment bankers are conservative, intelligent, and rich 1%ers, with little sympathy for working class people. People with higher income in analytical professions like engineering, technology, and pharmaceutical development are also intelligent conservatives.
You need to find the exceptions in your model (i.e. intelligent conservatives, and below average liberals) to develop a more accurate set of adjustments to your predictive rules.