The God factor

January 28, 2007
Filed under: discoveries, en, religion 

Pray without ceasing…
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According to this article, a Danish professor of psychology (who’s about to retire) has found out that atheists on average have an IQ that is 5.8 points higher than that of believers.

I wonder whether Harry Turtledove realised this when he wrote Between the Rivers in which believers are depicted as extremely stupid compared to the free-thinkers. :-)

Anyway, if the article is correct, I wonder whether it’s believing that makes people less intelligent, or whether less intelligent people are more likely to believe in a god than more intelligent ones.

Comments

2 Responses to “The God factor”

  1. Phyl on January 28th, 2007 10:50

    Nice to hear my intellect has been boosted overnight. Could you surf me an article tomorrow morning that says non-believers are on average 5kg lighter than believers, please? That’d cheer me up no end! ;-)

  2. Scudder on January 29th, 2007 11:32

    Am gonnie tell your Mammy on you !!

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