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发帖数: 6042 | 1 Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, study finds
Rob Waugh August 12, 2013 Yahoo! News
Religious people are less intelligent than non-believers, according to a new
review of 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades.
A team led by Miron Zuckerman of the University of Rochester found “a
reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity” in 53 out
of 63 studies. Even in extreme old age, intelligent people are less likely
to believe, the researchers found - and the reasons why people with high IQs
shun religion may not be as simple as previously thought.
[Backlash after Dawkins' Muslim jibe]
Previous studies have tended to assume that intelligent people simply “know
better”, the researchers write - but the reasons may be more complex.
Famous atheist Richard Dawkins (ZUMA / Rex Features)
For instance, intelligent people are more likely to be married, and more
likely to be successful in life - and this may mean they “need” religion
less.
The studies used in Zuckerman's paper included a life-long analysis of the
beliefs of a group of 1,500 gifted children - those with IQs over 135 - in a
study which began in 1921 and continues today.
Even at 75 to 91 years of age, the children from Lewis Terman’s study
scored lower for religiosity than the general population - contrary to the
widely held belief that people turn to God as they age. The researchers
noted that data was lacking about religious attitudes in old age and say, “
Additional research is needed to resolve this issue.”
As early as 1958, Michael Argyle concluded, “Although intelligent children
grasp religious concepts earlier, they are also the first to doubt the truth
of religion, and intelligent students are much less likely to accept
orthodox beliefs, and rather less likely to have pro-religious attitudes.”
A 1916 study quoted in Zuckerman’s paper (Leuba) found that, “58% of
randomly selected scientists in the United States expressed disbelief in, or
doubt regarding the existence of God; this proportion rose to nearly 70%
for the most eminent scientists.”
[Did Archaeologists Find a Piece of Jesus' Cross?]
The paper, published in the academic journal Personality and Social
Psychology Review, said “Most extant explanations (of a negative relation)
share one central theme—the premise that religious beliefs are irrational,
not anchored in science, not testable and, therefore, unappealing to
intelligent people who “know better.”
The answer may, however, be more complex. Intelligent people may simply be
able to provide themselves with the psychological benefits offered by
religion - such as “self-regulation and self-enhancement,” because they
are more likely to be successful, and have stable lives.
[Long backlog for godless wedding services in Ireland]
“Intelligent people typically spend more time in school—a form of self-
regulation that may yield long-term benefits,” the researchers write. “
More intelligent people get higher level jobs (and better employment (and
higher salary) may lead to higher self-esteem, and encourage personal
control beliefs.”
“Last, more intelligent people are more likely to get and stay married (
greater attachment), though for intelligent people, that too comes later in
life. We therefore suggest that as intelligent people move from young
adulthood to adulthood and then to middle age, the benefits of intelligence
may continue to accrue.”
The researchers suggest that further research on the “function” of
religion may reveal more.
“People possessing the functions that religion provides are likely to adopt
atheism, people lacking these very functions (e.g., the poor, the helpless)
are likely to adopt theism,” the researchers wrote. | l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 2 “People possessing the functions that religion provides are likely to adopt
atheism, people lacking these very functions (e.g., the poor, the helpless)
are likely to adopt theism,”
确实很少会看到对生活满意的人会跑去信基督教，信基督教的不是经过什么挫折，就是
贪心作怪，想要绿卡想要工作想要多赚钱什么什么的 | s*********t
发帖数: 4253 | 3 麻烦请你把
”Religious people are less intelligent than atheists“
告诉给美国总统。
也顺便查一查有那一位是没按圣经宣誓就当美国总统的？。 | d******r
发帖数: 5008 | 4 不用，他们知道他们笨。
【在 s*********t 的大作中提到】
: 麻烦请你把
: ”Religious people are less intelligent than atheists“
: 告诉给美国总统。
: 也顺便查一查有那一位是没按圣经宣誓就当美国总统的？。
| E*****m
发帖数: 25615 | 5
你才笨！ 要是你想當總統，讓你按聖經就可以當總統， 你不幹？
【在 d******r 的大作中提到】
: 不用，他们知道他们笨。
| d******r
发帖数: 5008 | 6 不干，SB才会被选成美国总统。
【在 E*****m 的大作中提到】
:
: 你才笨！ 要是你想當總統，讓你按聖經就可以當總統， 你不幹？
| s*********t
发帖数: 4253 | 7 你还是少上网，多做点公益事吧。
比如探访老人家也不错。
【在 d******r 的大作中提到】
: 不干，SB才会被选成美国总统。
| d******r
发帖数: 5008 | 8 这两事不矛盾。
【在 s*********t 的大作中提到】
: 你还是少上网，多做点公益事吧。
: 比如探访老人家也不错。
| a****5
发帖数: 10854 | 9 要当兔子的总统，最好的办法就是给自己装一对兔子耳朵
【在 s*********t 的大作中提到】
: 麻烦请你把
: ”Religious people are less intelligent than atheists“
: 告诉给美国总统。
: 也顺便查一查有那一位是没按圣经宣誓就当美国总统的？。
| E*****m
发帖数: 25615 | 10
怕被說是SB的確實選不上
【在 d******r 的大作中提到】
: 不干，SB才会被选成美国总统。
| d******r
发帖数: 5008 | 11
这世上有三件SB们干的事，
一是当基版版主，
二是当慧版版主，
第三就是当美国总统了。
【在 a****5 的大作中提到】
: 要当兔子的总统，最好的办法就是给自己装一对兔子耳朵
| s*********t
发帖数: 4253 | 12 这世上有第四件SB们干的事，
就是连自己孩子都骂SB的SB。
【在 d******r 的大作中提到】
:
: 这世上有三件SB们干的事，
: 一是当基版版主，
: 二是当慧版版主，
: 第三就是当美国总统了。
| h*****i
发帖数: 9112 | 13 注意中文文法
【在 s*********t 的大作中提到】
: 这世上有第四件SB们干的事，
: 就是连自己孩子都骂SB的SB。
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