Mar 01

Political, religious and sexual behaviors may be reflections of intelligence, a new study finds. [From Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ]

Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics and Political Science correlated data on these behaviors with IQ from a large national U.S. sample and found that, on average, people who identified as liberal and atheist had higher IQs. This applied also to sexual exclusivity in men, but not in women. The findings will be published in the March 2010 issue of Social Psychology Quarterly.

Not exactly surprising.

Jan 03

“For the eleventh time, Inkwell rings in the New Year with a visit from Bruce Sterling, to address the State of the World and Things Various and Sundry…” Always good fun. [From Bruce Sterling’s State Of The World 2010]

Jan 02

Irish atheists defy a blasphemy law by publishing quotes it considers anti-religious, including by the Pope, on its website. [From Irish atheists challenge new law]

It seems likely the Irish Govt. will avoid this confrontation. Another case of selectively applied laws.

Dec 12

Religion ‘an oddity to ministers’: “The Archbishop of Canterbury accuses ministers of treating religious faith as an ‘eccentricity’ practised by ‘oddities’.”

(Via BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition.)

That’s surprisingly savvy of them!

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