(September 7, 2012 at 9:51 pm)Stimbo Wrote: It's hard to construct this without falling into the very trap I'm attempting to describe, but in my experience atheists and similar non-believers have a tendency not to make sweeping generalisations. Quite what that may say about intelligence I have no idea and less desire to speculate.
I have to wonder if there may be some selection or confirmation bias at play...
I have noticed a fair number of sweeping generalizations from both side of the fence, and in my estimation it's a common human characteristic. I've noticed it here and elsewhere, and suspect that I do it as well though I try to avoid it.
It seems to me that it's easier to notice when another makes a generalization about a group you identify with, and less so when another who one identifies with makes such a generalization about someone (or a group) who is quite different.
