Re: % of religious and smart people vis a vis Hurricane Katrina?
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I say that not because believing makes you stupid but rather because a belief that the stories of the Christian religion are probably true (as opposed to simply hoping they are true) is not something as likely to occur in a brain that is capable of doing excellent thinking.
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Religious Christians are not just likely to have an underrepresentation of scientists. They have an underepresentation of people smart enough to become scientists.
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Logical fallacy of affirming a consequent from a negative premise.
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Suppose instead of "religious follower" above I substituted the words "someone who is sure dice can be beaten"?
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And now you have substituted a term that denotes someone holding beliefs that cannot be proved to be false, only at best to have a lower probability of being true, with a term that denotes someone who holds beliefs that are 100% demonstrably false. Nice.
Guess I should consider not debating with you in the future like you did with Andy.
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