[extropy-chat] IQ as a function of political philosophy (was TheNeoCon Mind-Trick)

[deimtee]

>>"While it is not true that all conservatives are stupid
>>   people, it is nevertheless undeniable that practically
>>       all stupid people are conservative."
>>                    John Stuart Mill
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>
>Hmm, I wonder what John Stuart Mill's political
>persuasion might be?  {8^D  Of course if sufficiently
>stupid, their political leaning is irrelevant, for
>they are unable to find the polling place, or once
>there, they accidentally vote for Pat Buchanan.
>
>We can suppose it depends on one's frame of reference.  In 
>my admittedly insular world, I go to work, those I see 
>there are nearly uniformly conservative and smart.  On
>those occasions when I am at home sick, turn on
>Oprah, the audience is nearly uniformly liberal
>and profoundly stupid.  So Mill's comment works
>just as well if reversed, or better in my world.
>
>  
>

I think that he might have meant conservative in the original sense of
being "opposed to change", rather than the US political sense of "right 
wing".

In  which case I would tend to agree with him :)