Fighting for science and reason in a faith-based world
Sunday, December 21, 2008
IQ by Religious views
These figures taken from this study of white adolescent males. The general pattern doesn't surprise me at all. Generally, the more openminded and amenable, nay, even friendly, to information, the higher they score.
2 comments:
Anonymous
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Truth out: You're a bit disappointed that atheists didn't top the list, right?
I didn't expect them to. Group intelligence is a complicated issue, so it would be bizarre if it all fell along a religiousity line. The structure of religions can be an educational advantage at some levels versus a more individualist approach.
I have a mathematics background, an interest in science, and an unapologetic impatience for sloppy thinking. This puts me at odds with both right and left. It's high time the rational scientific viewpoint got the rabid proponent it deserves. I fight nonsense so the scientists don't have to. The blog is not necessarily about science, but rather is a scientific view of the world. Rational, civilly expressed, factually supported thought-out opposing views are welcome. Disparaging, irrational, intentionally obtuse, troll-like whack-a-mole, quote-mining posts will be dispatched without hesitation or apology, as will tit-for-tat partisan "the other side does it too" political gamesmanship, and opinions of what topics I should be writing about. We don't do that here.
2 comments:
Truth out:
You're a bit disappointed that atheists didn't top the list, right?
I didn't expect them to. Group intelligence is a complicated issue, so it would be bizarre if it all fell along a religiousity line. The structure of religions can be an educational advantage at some levels versus a more individualist approach.
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