Religion and IQ

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"Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time.
But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons."
- Douglas Adams

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Repeat after me: correlation does not mean unconnected.

(This could be misunderstood.)*Though

Which is why it is an hypothesis and not a theory or a 'fact'.Yes - more testing is required.
(Frako even suggested what kind of testing could be done.)
He made an hypothesis and showed the data that made him suggest that hypothesis.
You saying: "There is no definite link between religiosity and intelligence." does not affect anything Frako said.There is no causal link between trauma and PTSD - but they are still considered to be cause and effect.

You'll note my comment was a response to your response not an out-of-context note on what you were saying.

And it appears that asking for clarification was beyond your capabilities.
Are you religious perhaps?

I would just like to point out that 'education' is not a synonym for 'intelligence'.
They are different things.This becomes apparent when substituted into your sentence: "Intelligence is not the forte of these nations."Edited by Panda, : tyops

This hypothesis could explain the Jewish Anomaly reported earlier.