tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post7929972248466652008..comments2024-03-24T21:25:13.059-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Married conservatives are happier than married liberalsRon Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-66783597468928947612008-10-06T11:14:00.000-07:002008-10-06T11:14:00.000-07:0080% to 20% wouldn't make conservativism right eith...80% to 20% wouldn't make conservativism right either. Most people should probably try to live like conservatives. That doesn't mean conservative POLICY is any good.Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-78361324411924418502008-10-06T10:04:00.000-07:002008-10-06T10:04:00.000-07:00Did you try restricting it to smart people? You ch...Did you try restricting it to smart people? You checked marital status of smart people and marital happiness of all people. Do the other two graphs, I'm really curious as to what we'll find. Really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-59122516491002934292008-10-06T09:57:00.000-07:002008-10-06T09:57:00.000-07:00No offense dude, but 62 versus 67 percent does not...No offense dude, but 62 versus 67 percent does not strike me as a resounding argument for the superiority of conservatism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-89742299360047849732008-10-06T09:41:00.000-07:002008-10-06T09:41:00.000-07:00In my previous post, a reader named Jewish Atheist...<I>In my previous post, a reader named Jewish Atheist claims that conservatives have lower divorce rates than liberals due to the fact that conservatives stay in unhappy marriages because their religions say they shouldn't get a divorce. He asserts this with no evidence, so let me help him out.</I><BR/><BR/>I asserted only that they are "probably more likely" to stay in unhappy marriages. Your chart does seem to show I was wrong. I'm fine admitting that. I've long accepted the fact that conservatives are slightly happier in general.Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.com