There was an interesting article a while ago on weird beliefs of some intelligent people. It really shows why 'intelligence' is a limited world and we shouldn't

There was an interesting article a while ago on weird beliefs of some intelligent people. It really shows why 'intelligence' is a limited world and we shouldn't try mirroring beliefs of people (outside their area of expertise) because they're "smart". Great examples are Gödels beliefs of ghosts and paranormal activity; some older Nobel laureates turned to 'weird' (for the lack of a better word) ideas at some point in time; etc. Not cited in the article, Gödel also believed to have found a logical proof of the existence of God: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument#Kurt_G.C3.B6del http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument#Kurt_G.C3..... People got upset that religions got included it. I can understand the disagreement, but I can't understand the need to censor the discussion. Whether you believe it or not, it shouldn't be a stretch to concede that religion is weird, in some sense. It's completely outside our usual phenomena, and it's an arbitrary explanation for several questions, or maybe it's a relief. But it's as strange as it is interesting that so many people hold those beliefs. The original discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9525645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9525645