The Real Reason Atheists Have Higher IQs | Psychology Today
WEBMay 4, 2010 · Recent posts have proposed convoluted theories accounting for why atheists score higher on IQ tests than religious people. There is a much simpler explanation.
How People Become Atheists | Psychology Today
- To test which theory best predicts how people become atheists, Gervais and colleagues collected data from over 1400 adults who composed a representative sample of the American population. These participants responded to questions intended to measure their degree of religious belief as well as the various proposed pathways to religious disbelief. Th...
Does it matter if atheists are smarter than believers?
WEBAug 8, 2013 · By intelligence, they mean analytic intelligence, also known as the g-factor, which captures the “ability to reason, plan, solve …
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Are the brains of atheists different to those of religious …
WEBJan 18, 2021 · Do atheists think differently from religious people? Is there something special about how their brains work? To illustrate what …
Are the Brains of Atheists Different to Those of …
WEBJan 30, 2021 · Summary: Study reviews differences in cognitive processes between atheists and those who believe in a deity. Source: The Conversation. The cognitive study of religion has recently reached a …
Are religious people really less smart, on average, than …
WEBJan 26, 2018 · Are religious people really less smart, on average, than atheists? Various studies have found that, on average, belief in God is associated with lower scores on IQ tests.
8 facts about atheists | Pew Research Center
WEBFeb 7, 2024 · Almost all U.S. atheists (98%) say religion is not too or not at all important in their lives, according to the same summer 2023 survey. An identical share say that they …
Why atheists are not as rational as some like to think
WEBPublished: September 27, 2018 5:38am EDT. Many atheists think that their atheism is the product of rational thinking. They use arguments such as “I don’t believe in God, I believe in science”...
Why Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious …
WEBJun 5, 2017 · Scientists ran a meta-analysis of 63 studies and found that religious people tend to be less intelligent than nonreligious people. The association was stronger among college students and the ...
The amoral atheist? A cross-national examination of cultural ...
WEBFeb 24, 2021 · Two U.S. M-Turk studies (Studies 1A and 1B, N = 429) and two large cross-national studies (Studies 2–3, N = 4,193), consistently show that disbelievers (vs. …
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