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DrW wrote:And another story regarding the same meta-analysis.
Pretty consistent finding over time and across methodologies, if you ask me.
The researchers acknowledge the limitations of the meta-analysis. It did not look at type of religion, for example, or at the role culture might play in the interaction between religiosity and intelligence.
In addition, The Independent pointed out that the researchers used a narrow definition of intelligence. In the paper, intelligence is defined as “the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience." This excludes other forms of intelligence, like creative and emotional intelligence.
However, there is one Christian religion that bucks this trend. For this religion there is a positive correlation, meaning that as education level rises, so does religiosity. That religion is Mormonism.
moksha wrote:While I am not happy about furnishing empirical data to those who actively disparage religion, here is unequivocal
corroboration for the original thesis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDRHFtQIZCA