@jerv I think we’re talking past each other here. I never stated that not wanting to learn because it hurts your feelings isn’t a sign of stupidity. However, the issue here is lower IQ and processing ability, so your greater than 97% numbers become irrelevant here.
People simply think differently, but if straight A Johnny wants to deny evolution and believe in young earth creationism does this really mean he has a lower IQ over straight C Sally who accepts evolution as a fact and denies young earth creationism?
Just like I’ve repeatedly stated that confidence can never be a factor without motivation, I’m also saying that lack of motivation does not necessarily make one stupider per se, nor does this mean they have a lower IQ. There are quite a few subjects that don’t interest me, but does this make me less intelligent than those who are interested enough to want to learn about those same subjects?
I have other questions here too that were never answered, like define liberal, and define conservative. I also want to add something else here too. Most hotbed issues require at least some college education or expert knowledge just to grasp the basics, which means most people who veer in one direction on a topic really don’t understand what they’re supporting.
Most people, even supposedly intelligent ‘liberals’, really rely on what’s termed as information cascades to arrive at their conclusions. We can’t be experts at everything, and even if we’re an expert at something we make up for this by taking away from something else. I’m not saying I’m a creationist per se, but something tells me people like Behe, an old world creationist, probably knows a lot more about evolution than the average evolutionist.