William M Briggs, Author at The Stream

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William M Briggs

William M. Briggs is a Senior Contributor to The Stream. Author of Uncertainty, he is a writer, philosopher, and itinerant scientist living on a small but densely populated island in the Atlantic Ocean. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University in statistics. He studies the philosophy of science, the use and misuses of uncertainty, the corruption of science, and the uselessness of most predictions. He began life as a cryptologist for the Air Force, slipped into weather and climate forecasting, and matured into an epistemologist. He maintains an active and lively blog at wmbriggs.com.

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Opinion, Religion, Science | 9 years ago

Why are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People?

A couple of academics just asked the question, “Why is Intelligence Negatively Associated with Religiousness?” “The answer,” one report says, “is that religion is an instinct, and it takes intelligence to overcome an instinct.” That’s odd, because it was just three…