Overall, do highly intelligent people tend to be atheists?

As predicted, the atheists performed better overall than the religious participants, even after controlling for demographic factors like age and education. ...... read more

” I don’t know for sure, but my guess would be that overall no, highly intelligent people do not tend to become athletes. read more

Historical evidence collected over time and data gathered through recent surveys both point to a curious fact: intelligent people tend to be atheists. And since this is not a new phenomenon, social scientists have long tried to explain the link between intelligence and disbelief in god. read more

Atheists tend to be more intelligent than religious people because they are able to rise above the natural instinct to believe in a god or gods, scientists have said. read more