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Atheists & Agnostics

Nitram

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10. Bali, Darahmsala, parts of West Africa (where I've lived), tibet before the Chinese invasion.

Reply to Volstagg (Reply #9)

Wed May 17, 2017, 12:12 PM

May 2017

The idea of entire sub-population being below average, unless it was a very, very small population, is unscientific.

As for the meta-analysis, it has the same problem that all generalizations about IQ have: cultural bias in the test itself. The study uses the same rationale that William Shockley did in 1965 to claim that the sub-population of African-Americans as a group had lower intelligence than whites.

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A scientist looked at 63 studies to conclude atheists are more intelligent than religious people [View all] n2doc May 2017 OP

I was going to post "Well duh" but you beat me to it. n/t Binkie The Clown May 2017 #1

Of course! Cattledog May 2017 #2

"participating in communal rituals?" Nitram May 2017 #3

The conclusion is unscientific because virtually all traditional cultures believe in Nitram May 2017 #4

Of course the intelligence of a population follows the bell curve. Volstagg May 2017 #5

My point is that an entire population can be religious by the standards of this study, but Nitram May 2017 #6

It's an association, not a claim that anyone religious must be below-average intelligence muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #8

So where is that population that is 100% religious? Volstagg May 2017 #9

Bali, Darahmsala, parts of West Africa (where I've lived), tibet before the Chinese invasion. Nitram May 2017 #10

The Abstract... NeoGreen May 2017 #7

Thank you for fucks sake. Brainstormy May 2017 #11