for a start about the humor / irony of correlations:
you probably heard, that `` British scientists have proved" – ""
skimmed through the study. it turned out, that my conclusions were consistent with those of those, . it turned out something like this, quote:
* Through numerous adjustments and dividing people into groups, succeeded from a very weak (but statistically significant) correlations 0.13 make weak (и статистически значимую) корреляцию 0.24 between the level of intelligence and the `` real" religiosity of a person. This finding does not allow making any predictions about a person's religiosity based on his IQ or vice versa..
* No conclusions about the predominance of atheists or believers in extreme groups of especially smart (type IQ >130) and not particularly smart (type IQ<70) it is impossible to do on the basis of this work due to the lack of relevant data in it.
* Atheists, don't rejoice. Atheism Doesn't Make You Smarter, there are many people among believers, smarter than you. For every believer, practicing healing prayers is a must, there is an atheist, practitioner otsilokoktsinum, aromatherapy or banning glutamate.
* Believers! You have nothing to rejoice at either. Correlation слабая, but she is. According to the results of the meta-analysis, you, yet, statistically slightly more stupid than atheists.
Generally (and this is no longer a quote, but gag) fight against religion – this is of course good. But the fight is not with specific people, but with institutes / organizations. As for me, fight against religion – it is a fight against symptoms, not with reasons. The reason for the existence of religion – примерно такая же, as well as the reason for the existence of the tendency of people to incorrectly answer the question about the cost of a pen and pencil (together = 11 UAH, the handle is more expensive on 10, how much does a pencil cost) – we are not very good at doing the thinking process.
Religion, теории заговора, causal errors (the wind blows because, that the trees are swaying – or & quot; proven, все кто читал Books died!"), logical errors (& quot; all natural is healthy & quot;) – all this and much more – this is nothing more than a lack of knowledge supported by biological (physiological, психологическими – whatever you can call) features of the brain. Therefore, fighting religion with ridicule – from the point of view of efficiency, it is the same, what to print on cigarettes photos with `` scary pictures ''.
If you really want to maintain common sense – do dedication in a good way. Support the Science Picnics project, for example. Come to school and tell the children about the history of revolutionary discoveries in your field – show them, that they can change the world for the better. It's all much better, than sitting on forums and scribbling angry / stinging texts. Even if you're essentially right, your activity – it is most likely, just a substitute for watching a cheap TV series in a comfortable armchair.
