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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Ignorance is not bliss.  Studies show that liberal beliefs are more associated with high IQ than conservative beliefs.[/b]

https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/62392/1/intelligent-people-are-more-likely-to-be-left-wing-iq-politics-says-science

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/high-iq-genetics-politics/

https://theconversation.com/do-smart-people-tend-to-be-more-liberal-yes-but-it-doesnt-mean-all-conservatives-are-stupid-57713

[b]There are also studies showing that higher IQs are associated with greater happiness.[/b]

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22998852/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/abs/relationship-between-happiness-and-intelligent-quotient-the-contribution-of-socioeconomic-and-clinical-factors/852640AC984DB7EC623D9D2C1A2D0A5A

https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/if-youre-happy-youre-probably-really-smart-science-says-so.html[/quote]

Maybe but there are actually a lot of studies showing conservatives are happier. [/quote]

I think if you actually read the linked articles you might see things differently.  If not please post a link to the many studies you know about showing conservatives are happier. Or even one.[/quote]

This isn’t really in dispute. You can start here.

https://equityresearch.tufts.edu/why-being-conservative-is-correlated-with-higher-happiness/

It’s consistently true in studies. Conservatives are, on average, happier than liberals, even when controlling for wealth, income, etc. 
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Or you can start here where there is evidence that conservatives are more likely to PROCLAIM they are happy while "liberals are more likely to provide clues indicating they are experiencing actual joy"

“Self-reports of happiness and life satisfaction ... are susceptible to self-enhancing distortions,” they write in the journal Science. “Our studies found that political liberals exhibited more frequent and intense happiness-related behavior than political conservatives.”

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/are_conservatives_really_happier_than_liberals

There are more studies that come to similar conclusions.  I guess you can find a study to support whatever it is you want to believe, right?[/quote]

What an absolute joke of a study. They analyzed the smiles of linked in photos to see if they looked fake. Really?!  So a researcher looks at someone’s squint in a photo and tries to judge their mental health from one snap shot? Get real.[/quote]

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