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Correlation between increasing intelligence and atheism

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    #272
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    ed2hands wrote: »

    I mean would a test to find out whether say Cork or Kerry is the smartest be of any use?
    What would that produce?

    I wouldn't see that as the same tbh. Someone from Kerry can't look at a study proving that Cork people are smarter and use that information to decide to be from Cork but someone can look at a study showing a correlation between atheism and intelligence and possibly reconsider their beliefs based on this information


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    #273
    ed2hands
    Closed Accounts Posts: 873 ✭✭✭ed2hands


    Seachmall wrote: »
    Probably arrogance on one side and denial on the other side.

    Exactly how i feel.
    Seachmall wrote: »
    Science should be allowed to question things without screams of political correctness or what-have-you,

    To a point, but science IMO should not be used to try to prove rather distasteful claims of intellectual superiority over other races and creeds.
    I think trumpetting this is up there with ridicule as some of militant atheisms less savoury but unfortunately most popular forms of expressing itself. Which is sad.


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