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Religious people find it harder to understand the world – study
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RE: Religious people find it harder to understand the world – study
(November 4, 2016 at 4:18 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote:
(November 4, 2016 at 2:36 pm)Shell B Wrote: It's hard to say. Ben Carson had to have been intelligent to some degree. He was a fucking neurosurgeon, but he was also a bible thumper and a Creationist. Crazy.

Well, a lot of people who have book smarts have no common sense.  And his example just shows what a stranglehold religion has on some people's minds.

Lack of adequate critical thinking skills as well. Critical thinking, for most, is something you need to be taught.
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RE: Religious people find it harder to understand the world – study - by Grandizer - November 5, 2016 at 12:46 am

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