Libertarians have the highest IQs

**Desaix DeBurgh** · 12-24-2014, 05:50 PM

You sometimes here people say that Liberals are so much smarter than Conservatives but what people fail to mention is that Libertarians have the highest IQs, of all, so they are smarter than both Liberals and Conservatives :

"Abstract

Research has consistently shown that intelligence is positively correlated with socially liberal beliefs and negatively correlated with religious beliefs. This should lead one to expect that Republicans are less intelligent than Democrats. However, I find that individuals who identify as Republican have slightly higher verbal intelligence than those who identify as Democrat (2–5 IQ points), and that individuals who supported the Republican Party in elections have slightly higher verbal intelligence than those who supported the Democratic Party (2 IQ points). I reconcile these findings with the previous literature by showing that verbal intelligence is correlated with both socially and economically liberal beliefs (β = .10–.32). My findings suggest that higher intelligence among classically liberal Republicans compensates for lower intelligence among socially conservative Republicans."

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...60289614000373

"The Triple Nine Society, which only allows members who have an IQ higher than 99.9% of the general public, released results of a survey answered by their members. The results? Ultra free market libertarian. They were against Government healthcare or business interference in the same way they were against drug war, gun control, and the War in Iraq. They advocated legalizing gay marriage, ALL drugs, an opt-out for Social Security, and to make Affirmative Action illegal. Although still the minority, a much larger than the general public support limiting the Federal Reserve or abolishing it. They also supported using the death penalty more often."

http://www.sodahead.com/united-state...ibaf&q=&esrc=s

"Mensans tend to be a refreshingly and disproportionately independent, free-thinking, (lower-case) libertarian-leaning bunch. This group is intended as a relatively nonpartisan forum for the intelligent, reasoned discussion of liberty-related issues, and how to pursue an environment of philosophically honest and consistent, practical limited government (or better!), individual liberty and personal responsibility. "

http://www.us.mensa.org/connect/sigs...?xref=POLITICS

Originally Posted by wikipedia

Mensa is the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardized, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test.[6][7] Mensa is formally composed of national groups and the umbrella organization Mensa International, with a registered office in Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England.[8] The word mensa (/ˈmɛnsə/; Latin: [ˈmensa]) means "table" in Latin, as is symbolized in the organization's logo, and was chosen to demonstrate the round-table nature of the organization; the coming together of equals.

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

**Longbowman** · 12-24-2014, 05:52 PM

Who is this directed at? You sound defensive.

**Kalimtari** · 12-24-2014, 05:53 PM

being a Left Libertarian myself,

**SupaThug** · 12-24-2014, 05:53 PM

Capitalism,Individualism and Freedom FTW

**Loki** · 12-24-2014, 05:57 PM

I'm probably a libertarian socialist:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism

**finþaų** · 12-24-2014, 05:57 PM

I'm totally not libertarian, so I must be stupid as fuck.

**Desaix DeBurgh** · 12-24-2014, 05:58 PM

**finþaų** · 12-24-2014, 06:02 PM

Thing is, though, having a high IQ does not necessarily mean that one's ideas about society's oughts are particularly valuable. In fact, I would say that it is our human intelligence that has allowed us to commit atrocities far exceeding in scope as well as severity anything nonsentient organisms would be capable of. Being highly intelligent also means that one is more likely to believe in ridiculous bullshit, which is why obscure internet fora dealing with revelational topics tend to have an above average IQ userbase.