The fact that more women than men believe in things I consider 'bottom tier' beliefs - like astrology, crystals, etc. - are confusing, because women have basically the same average scores on IQ tests, right?
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higher IQ IS correlated with atheism but it's not a guarantee
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isn't that what correlation means
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What's interesting is that Newton's occultism and his scientific discoveries are fairly inseparable. The study of alchemy is all about transformation of essence in an abstract sense, right? What is calculus? The study of change in an abstract sense.
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But odds are that higher trait openness is going to be the factor that results in unconventional beliefs, and I'm willing to bet that higher IQ would only somewhat temper the higher openness.
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Higher cognition can be a greater ability to find fault- useful in STEM, not so much in interpersonal relationships. It may be that astrology/crystal believers miss the mark and make relationships between ideas too much about rocks and less about ideas.
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The literature on the relationship btw rationality and IQ, AFAIK, is a bit inconclusive. Supernatural beliefs vary weirdly.
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