Age of Reason: Higher intelligence associated with liberalism, atheism

More intelligent people are significantly more likely to exhibit social values and religious and political preferences that are novel to the human species in evolutionary history. Specifically, liberalism and atheism, and for men (but not women), preference for sexual exclusivity correlate…

“Similarly, religion is a byproduct of humans’ tendency to perceive agency and intention as causes of events, to see “the hands of God” at work behind otherwise natural phenomena. “Humans are evolutionarily designed to be paranoid, and they believe in God because they are paranoid,” says Kanazawa. This innate bias toward paranoia served humans well when self-preservation and protection of their families and clans depended on extreme vigilance to all potential dangers. “So, more intelligent children are more likely to grow up to go against their natural evolutionary tendency to believe in God, and they become atheists.”

ive never thought of atheism as being intelligent, just plain common sense.

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    Very interesting argument...intellectually evolved sorta thing.

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    ^Just about all of this applies to me too. Probably why I love following Bohemea so much.

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    ive never thought...intelligent, just plain common sense.

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    Wait, intelligent people are more likely to be liberal? I don’t get this at all. Intelligent people are likely to have...

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    This makes me smile :)

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