Average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 nations

作者：Lynn Richard^*; Harvey John; Nyborg Helmuth

来源：Intelligence, 2009, 37(1): 11-15.

DOI：10.1016/j.intell.2008.03.004

• Religion
• IQ

Evidence is reviewed pointing to a negative relationship between intelligence and religious belief in the United States and Europe. It is shown that intelligence measured as psychometric g is negatively related to religious belief We also examine whether this negative relationship between intelligence and religious belief is present between nations. We find that in a sample of 137 countries the correlation between national IQ and disbelief in God is 0.60.

• 出版日期2009-2