Comments on Cure Faith: State Religion vs IQ

California ranks below all of the Southern states ...

2011-12-24T19:03:21.779-08:00

California ranks below all of the Southern states except LA and GA yet the two groups are near the extremes of the religiosity index. Seems like a pretty weak correlation to me. I suspect that if you change the abcissa to "% minorities", the R-squared will be significantly higher.

Don't assume that everyone from the south is t...

2011-06-16T02:13:00.977-07:00

Don't assume that everyone from the south is the same. I don't count myself among the hicks and idiots. I'm both an atheist, and have a slightly above the national average IQ. Of course, this could also be accredited to my living on the coast(I like to think of it as being farther south than the hicks) and not being from here originally.

Throw out the South, which is both less intelligen...

2011-05-02T17:51:33.547-07:00

Throw out the South, which is both less intelligent and more religious than the rest of the country, and you have no correlation.

Furthermore, other differences between the states may explain the differences in IQ.

You might want to calculate the R value on that. ...

2009-10-11T18:09:38.114-07:00

You might want to calculate the R value on that. It seems like an extremely weak correlation to me.

Just looking. I like it. You may like this: "...

2009-09-26T09:02:48.487-07:00

Just looking. I like it. You may like this:

"THE VELVET EVIL OF RELIGION"
(Rationalist essay.)

http://rltegner.blogspot.com/2009/09/velvet-evil-of-religion-i-call-it.html

Regards, BT