Laeserin on Nostr: Libertarians tend to think conservatives are idiots. Sort of the way many athiests ...
Libertarians tend to think conservatives are idiots. Sort of the way many athiests feel about deists. Same dynamic. Probably stems from the size of the differing demographics.
One side is a small minority, consisting disproportionately of unusually intelligent people, the other is the majority of the population. There are many more highly-intelligent people in the majority, but you are less likely to encounter them because they are in a more heterogenous group.
Highly-intelligent conservatives don't suffer from this "random-sampling" bias because they tend to know each other, so they're surprised when people are astonished at how intelligent they, personally, are.
One side is a small minority, consisting disproportionately of unusually intelligent people, the other is the majority of the population. There are many more highly-intelligent people in the majority, but you are less likely to encounter them because they are in a more heterogenous group.
Highly-intelligent conservatives don't suffer from this "random-sampling" bias because they tend to know each other, so they're surprised when people are astonished at how intelligent they, personally, are.