There's definitely such a thing as a self fulfilling prophecy. - Edit 2
Before modification by Joel at 12/01/2011 07:02:42 PM
Kind of like those studies we have been seeing of late that prove liberals are smarter than conservatives. As I have mentioned before when one small ideological group takes over a science and starts spitting out "proof" that their ideology is correct you should take what they say with a grain of salt. Their ideological purity is proof of their lack of objectivity and biased science is worthless.
For example, people who view education itself with suspicion, distrust and as a threat to their worldview tend to avail themselves of it less. Also, people can argue in one breath that standardized testing proves women better at math and any suggestion of conditioning is PC--and in the next breath argue that better liberal performance on those same tests is just due to a political agenda. Keep contorting your brain like that and it'll need a chiropractor....
Arguing mental acuity is primarily a based on physical traits requires objective evidence, and I don't mind looking at it, but haven't seen it yet.