The heritability of conservatism is higher among more politically-informed individuals:
The population-wide heritability of sociopolitical conservatism is 57%. This falls to 29% among low information individuals (bottom 50% of the population), and rises to 74% among high information individuals (top 20%).
Presumably, the effect is similar for Leftism but I haven't seen any data on that as of yet. Either way, I think we can safely conclude that the more you know about politics, the more genetically-defined your views become.
This data implies that NPCism is real and ideological hegemony is vital to win in a "democratic" society. 71% of the political views of 50% of the population are defined by non-genetic factors, which includes mass propaganda, "education," etc.
🛢📈 — Reuters reports that oil is approaching $100 per barrel following the latest exchange of attacks between Americans and Iranians on oil tankers.
▶️The price of Brent crude has risen to $97.07 per barrel, while American WTI crude has risen to $92.28. In the past week, Brent has risen by 7.8%, while WTI has risen by nearly 10%.
▶️On Saturday, U.S. forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers, one of which was stationed near the island of Kharg, a key center for Iranian oil exports. In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three more U.S. ships.
▶️In this context, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has sharply declined. Over the past 10 days, an average of only 10 cargo ships have transited the strait per day – the lowest level since May.
The WHO now states on its website:
Vaccination against COVID-19 can trigger multiple sclerosis through cross-reactive CD4+-T cells that recognize the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and myelin peptides.
In other words: Your own immune system destroys the nerve pathways and then attacks your brain and spinal cord.