Politics Can Hurt Your Ability to Do Math

Mother Jones: “Everybody knows that our political views can sometimes get in the way
of thinking clearly. But perhaps we don’t realize how bad the problem
actually is. According to a new psychology paper,
our political passions can even undermine our very basic reasoning
skills. More specifically, the study finds that people who are otherwise
very good at math may totally flunk a problem that they would otherwise
probably be able to solve, simply because giving the right answer goes
against their political beliefs.”