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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence A modicum of research reveals that 'The aut
by req2 17y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence
A modicum of research reveals that 'The authors reported a correlation of 0.60 between atheism rates and level of intelligence, which is “highly statistically significant.”'
- btilly 17y agoYes, it is statistically significant. But it can't tell the difference between educated people being more often exposed to the ideas of atheism, and being more likely to find them convincing.
- req2 17y agoThe furor over creationism vs. evolution indicates that even if the ideas themselves are not well exposed to uneducated people, some of the basic building materials and one of the frameworks of the discussion is there.