New meta-analysis checks the correlation between intelligence and faith

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19. A meta study is defiend as 'looking at other studies and not doing their own'

They found some flaws; but they found significant negative correlation between intelligence and religiosity in 35, and positive correlation in just 2. That is notable. The paper's abstract says:

A meta-analysis of 63 studies showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. The association was stronger for college students and the general population than for participants younger than college age; it was also stronger for religious beliefs than religious behavior.

There's nothing saying there are major flaws in general. Ars Technica points out:

Finally, not all studies reviewed are of equal quality, and some of them have been criticized by other researchers. But that is exactly why meta-analyses are performed. They help overcome limitations of sample size, poor data, and questionable analyses of individual studies.