Atheists= intelligent?

[Kyuuketsuki]

I've just heard (Dawkins say for instance) that surveys have been done that scientifially prove on average that Atheists have a higher IQ. I'm not claiming I know this. It just seems obvious to me so I believe its probably true. I'm speaking of evidence, not claiming I have it or know the details of it. And if enough evidence was to show otherwise obviously I'd change my mind.

Hmmm ... it seems obvious to me too but the difficulty I have is that I cannot directly support it.

Although, Dawkins talks about it in TGD, so I guess I could look up where the evidence for it is there.

OK

But I mean I don't check all the details of the evidence for the proof of gravity.

Sure but you (I suspect) and I both read popular science magazines and both of us know that those books/magazines are based on documented research, that given sufficient time, money, expertise that we could actually check these things ourselves (in simple terms that's the principle behind scientific peer review ... that all of the data is open to the entire scientific community all the time). So yeah you and I both have "faith" that certain scientific theories are correct (gravity & evolution included) but that faith is not blind faith, it's faith for a good reason, faith ultimately based on empirical data.

Kyu