Greifer writes:
“There is a strong correlation between profession:scientist and faith:none, but the hidden variable is not a desire to rule the the world.
it is IQ and g.”
With all due respect, this is nonsense. There are plenty of people with above-average IQ who espouse a strong faith (and plenty with below-average who happily ignore faith as much as science). This is the kind of egocentric twaddle that poisons these debates. I doubt it would withstand scientific scrutiny. Indeed, Dawkins claim of a genetic source for religious faith, while I disagree with it, demonstrates that the simplistic and self-serving idea that intelligence leads to irreligiousity is not even seriously taken by one who himself on occasion bolsters the idea with ill-considered rhetoric.
I would posit the following correlation as being more likely (but far from all-inclusive). People who gravitate towards a materialistic philosophy of existence are more likely to gravitate towards materialistic disciplines. Again, there are a fair few philosophers and scientists who weigh against that as a rule, but it’s a far fairer and objective concept than the pretense that intelligence is confirmed by a rejection of religion.
