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La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 11:55 AM Feb 2012

Did you guys read the recent article in the Intelligence Journal?

Average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 nations
Richard Lynna, John Harveyb, Helmuth Nyborgc

Abstract: Evidence is reviewed pointing to a negative relationship between intelligence and religious belief in the United States and Europe. It is shown that intelligence measured as psychometric g is negatively related to religious belief. We also examine whether this negative relationship between intelligence and religious belief is present between nations. We find that in a sample of 137 countries the correlation between national IQ and disbelief in God is 0.60.

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Did you guys read the recent article in the Intelligence Journal? (Original Post) La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 OP
It's been known for a long time Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #1
Duh. Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #2
Intriguing. I have definitely read studied that negatively correlated education level with belief iris27 Mar 2012 #3
 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
1. It's been known for a long time
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 01:47 PM
Feb 2012
It is shown that intelligence measured as psychometric g is negatively related to religious belief


I don't think any of us will find that surprising.

iris27

(1,951 posts)
3. Intriguing. I have definitely read studied that negatively correlated education level with belief
Sun Mar 4, 2012, 01:54 AM
Mar 2012

in God, with an especially strong negative correlation for higher ed in certain fields (biology, geology, anthropology). But I don't think I'd come across one that showed a correlation between general intelligence level and disbelief.

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