Are religious people really less smart, on average, than atheists? [Spirituality & Religion]
It’s a question with some urgency, the proportion of people with a religious belief is growing: by 2050, if current trends continue, people who say they are not religious will make up only 13 per cent of the global population. Based on the low-IQ-religiosity link, it could be argued that humanity is on course to become collectively less smart. Its said that atheists surpass religious individuals in terms of reasoning but not working-memory performance. The religiosity effect is robust across🤔
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@suchaslife Maybe I should put it better. I think there are atheists that are dogmatic and dig their heels in but so do religious people. I think on average the world is becoming less intelligent and I don't think it has to do with either religion or lack thereof. The movie idiocracy is a good movie to watch on how natural selection is starting to select for breeding ability rather than intelligence now.
