Daily - Daily Mail article.

[elmarko]

Ok,

Now I have to admit, I'm the last person to read the daily mail website - but I was quite shocked to notice this pop up in a recent article I read.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...conservative-politics-lead-people-racist.html

Not that I like the Daily fail, but is this an epic trolling of it's readers? (I think it's bloody funny but hey).

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

My word.

 

[Cosimo]

What can one say!

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

What can one say!

My word.

e : what can one say?

 

[Judgeneo]

One can say my word.

 

[Musty Pie]

My word say one can

/yoda

 

[coldfused]

Wow... that was funny lol

 

[djc_2005]

thought i was reading the sun newspaper for a second then!

 

[Scrutinize]

I hear reading the Daily Mail Daily increases their average readers IQ to at least 10 points.

 

[Salsa]

I hear reading the Daily Mail Daily increases their average readers IQ to at least 10 points.

Indeed it does, from 50 to around 60.

/Salsa

 

[elmarko]

I hear reading the Daily Mail Daily increases their average readers IQ to at least 10 points.

Indeed it does, from 50 to around 60.

/Salsa

 

[Lunawolfy]

Indeed it does, from 50 to around 60.

/Salsa

from 5 to 6 surely?

 

[pingwing]

Trolling their own fan base?

 

[Narj]

So what about those who are centre-ground?

 

[elmarko]

So what about those who are centre-ground?

Middle of the pack, no mouth-breathers but no Einstein's.

 

[mrk]

Maybe they don't know what orientation their readers are, heck, themselves too

 

[Narj]

Middle of the pack, no mouth-breathers but no Einstein's.

So the more left wing you are the more intelligent you are? Hmmm, I'd argue that extreme views whether left or right are usually an indication that that person is off their rocker, not some sort of genius who should be celebrated.

 

[Spenty]

I'd say it's right about a higher percentage of people who are far right have anti-gay and racist beliefs but less intelligent? Bull****

 

[elmarko]

I'd say it's right about a higher percentage of people who are far right have anti-gay and racist beliefs but less intelligent? Bull****

Right wing ideology does suffer greatly from the "just world fallacy" which is an over-simplification of reality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis

I'd also wager many suffer from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error

Something which people often do.

It's one of a number of cognitive bias's that people fall to,

A great example is person A judges people out of work as "lazy scum".

Two weeks later they become unemployed & blame "Bad luck/situation" for the reason they are out of work & say "everybody else is lazy scum, except me".

Then times that behaviour over the entire population & you have 50% of the UK.

 

[Spenty]

Right wing ideology does suffer greatly from the "just world fallacy" which is an over-simplification of reality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis

I'd also wager many suffer from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error

Something which people often do.

It's one of a number of cognitive bias's that people fall to,

A great example is person A judges people out of work as "lazy scum".

Two weeks later they become unemployed & blame "Bad luck/situation" for the reason they are out of work & say "everybody else is lazy scum, except me".

Then times that behaviour over the entire population & you have 50% of the UK.

Yeah I've came across this a lot, most people can't seem to help it and blame it on how they were brought up. For example most miners children hate thatcher and anything to do with conservatives because of her.