(September 26, 2015 at 2:19 am)robvalue Wrote: Personally I wouldn't expect to see a meaningful difference between atheists and theists in overall intelligence.
Everyone who learns to survive in the world has at least part of their brain running like an atheist.
I would disagree. There is a clear relationship between intelligence and skeptical inquiry. That is why atheists as a statistical group in the united states have will likely have a higher average intelligence then theists. This is bore out by the fact the statistical amount atheists in a population increases with education, thus the amount of atheists in aamerican university graduates is much higher then the average population . in the nations with largers numbers of atheists there is likely no differences as people are raised without religion and are less likely to even give it a second thought.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
