Intelligence linked to Atheism?

[Bond]

There may be correlation, but certainly not causation. And that correlation could be due to a number of different reasons that have nothing to do with belief vs. non-belief (as your recent post alluded to, Teuthida).

I had to take an IQ test when I lived in WV to be admitted into the "gifted program," which is a completely different story, but with regard to IQ I thought it was an okay measure of intelligence, but certainly not the whole picture.

[Typhoid]

This is how I see it, and I know I'll probably get torn apart for looking at it this way - but I think it makes perfect sense.
Now I'm not saying IQ is the be all and end all, IQ is a stupid way to tell someones mental capacity.

However, the reason I think this makes sense is Atheists/Agnostics will tend to study, or at least learn Sciences, and history. Where as someone in a Catholic school, or an Evangelical/Mormon (for example) don't learn those things in school because they just flat out don't believe in them.

So it's not that atheists are smarter, it's that atheists just learn broader subjects and tend to know more scientifically, which in the eyes of society tends to mean "ur smrt."

[TheSlyMoogle]

Originally Posted by Bond

I had to take an IQ test when I lived in WV to be admitted into the "gifted program," which is a completely different story, but with regard to IQ I thought it was an okay measure of intelligence, but certainly not the whole picture.

Oh... I thought that was something only KY did.

We had the "Gifted and Talented" program. I'm still not sure what it actually did, because mostly we just got pulled from class every few weeks to work in the library for the day on like puzzles and brainteaser activities. Not complaining, and I guess I still enjoy that kind of stuff (Thank you Prof. Layton), but not sure I understand why we had it. Haha. Just found out later it was only high IQ children. I r smart now?