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cbayer

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6. Correct. That is the point that I was trying to make as well.

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Mon Aug 12, 2013, 01:20 PM

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New meta-analysis checks the correlation between intelligence and faith [View all] rug Aug 2013 OP

I'm having trouble opening the article, but I would question the validity of any cbayer Aug 2013 #1

There ought to be as many dots above 100 as below. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #2

Correct. That is the point that I was trying to make as well. cbayer Aug 2013 #6

I guess the rest of the world is the opposite of Lake Woebegone; no one is above average. n/t lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #8

Let me take a whack at why that's not so. dimbear Aug 2013 #26

It appears that only about 13 out of 137 countries are of average or above intelligence ... Jim__ Aug 2013 #3

And from what I did see, the bulk of those studied (87%) were from western countries. cbayer Aug 2013 #7

Yea, Wilson and Sociobiolgy gave IQ scores a bad reputation. rug Aug 2013 #11

The graph is just one of the 63 studies muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #13

My read was that although they found a higher number of studies with cbayer Aug 2013 #16

I'm not sure what you mean by 'substantiating' correlation muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #17

Because other studies had claimed to have made a correlation, cbayer Aug 2013 #18

A meta study is defiend as 'looking at other studies and not doing their own' muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #19

I am very familiar with what a meta study is, muriel. cbayer Aug 2013 #22

No, the graph posted in the OP does not tell the tale at all muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #23

You are correct about the title. cbayer Aug 2013 #24

I presume you're talking about American atheists muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #25

There is also a correlation between being part of a privilege class and cbayer Aug 2013 #28

"More than 87 percent of the participants were from the US, the UK, and Canada." Jim__ Aug 2013 #4

Mensa members are supposed to be very intelligent so I decided to see how many are religious. ... spin Aug 2013 #5

I don't find this surprising at all. cbayer Aug 2013 #9

In high school I had a close friend who was a member of Mensa. ... spin Aug 2013 #10

Don't get me wrong, I like super intelligent people. cbayer Aug 2013 #14

Unfortunately, being in that top 2% okasha Aug 2013 #20

The Mensa data you quote tells us they are far more nonreligious than the average in America, dimbear Aug 2013 #21

The data on scientists closely matches members of Mensa. ... spin Aug 2013 #27

no data for people above 110 IQ? eShirl Aug 2013 #12

I think those are averages within specific countries. cbayer Aug 2013 #15

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