tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122433.post3815326972547652727..comments2024-03-21T23:49:06.741+13:00Comments on POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WATCH: jonjayrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122433.post-81470491305222055112016-03-30T00:02:56.779+13:002016-03-30T00:02:56.779+13:00I doubt that Dutton looked on the studies with a p...I doubt that Dutton looked on the studies with a psychometrician's eye.<br />If so he would have noted that the differences are very small and possibly artifactualjonjayrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122433.post-5152475672146178582016-03-29T17:43:20.030+13:002016-03-29T17:43:20.030+13:00In chapter seven of “Religion and Intelligence: An...In chapter seven of “Religion and Intelligence: An Evolutionary Analysis” Edward Dutton undertakes a comprehensive review of the literature worldwide from 1928 to the present on the relationship between religion and intelligence.<br /><br />His conclusion: <br />“In this chapter we have surveyed the studies which examine the relationship between holding religious beliefs and intelligence from 1928 to the present. We have found that almost all of them have uncovered an inverse correlation between intelligence and religious belief and an even more pronounced inverse correlation between intelligence and conservative religious belief. We have also looked at studies which show that the more educated (education being a proxy for IQ) are less religious than the less educated and studies showing that attendees at the more prestigious universities are less religious than those at the less prestigious ones. We have explained how potentially anomalous data is actually congruous with our hypothesis and we have also found that the most obviously replacement religious parties are disproportionately supported by the least intelligent portions of the population. In general, there is a negative correlation between religiousness and intelligence.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com