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Saved you a click: “Even though the two investigations were conducted four years apart, a finding common to both was that the most loyal supporters of Donald Trump were likely to score high on the trait of conscientiousness.”

The entire article is still worth a read, though.

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Maybe I just don’t know what “conscientious” means.

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Conscientiousness, one of the Big Five personality traits, is defined as a tendency to control one’s impulses, be persistent, act dutifully, and live up to one’s obligations to others.

Conscientiousness has been linked to a variety of positive traits and behaviors, such as responsibility, dependability, hard work, goal orientation, self-control, and leadership. Some conscientious people, however, happen to be dogmatic, inflexible, unquestioningly obedient, and intolerant of uncertainty (i.e., they tend to see things in black-and-white)

I had the same thought.

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likely to score high on the trait of conscientiousness

😂🤣🤣😂

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Had to read it after your comment.

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Syphilis?

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Room temperature IQs?

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yes! finally, a positive future human consequence attributable to global warming!

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Gullibility.

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Counterpoint: racism.

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“Christianity”

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From the article:

Conscientiousness, one of the Big Five personality traits, is defined as a tendency to control one’s impulses, be persistent, act dutifully, and live up to one’s obligations to others.

Conscientiousness has been linked to a variety of positive traits and behaviors, such as responsibility, dependability, hard work, goal orientation, self-control, and leadership. Some conscientious people, however, happen to be dogmatic, inflexible, unquestioningly obedient, and intolerant of uncertainty (i.e., they tend to see things in black-and-white).

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Seems somewhat damning of the Big 5 Model that one of the traits being high can mean two wildly different personalities. Perhaps they need a 6th factor, or perhaps personality inventories based on binary pairs of traits are about as accurate and useful as horoscopes?

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I bet I score high in this but I am sure as heck not a trump supporter. I know stupid when I see it and live under if for four years.

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You mean other than all being super weird creeps and/or squares?

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