Atheists are smarter, but believers are more empathetic (study)

Atheists are smarter, but believers are more empathetic

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Here are two facts from a new social science study, at least one of which is likely to insult you: • People who believe in God or a universal spirit generally aren't as smart as non-believers. • People who don't believe generally aren't as empathetic or concerned about morals as believers. It might already be tempting to disregard this study as insulting or, worse, use one of the aforementioned findings as ammunition on social media. Please don't. There's useful, interesting information in the details to come. So take a breath, close your Facebook tab and read on. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University theorize that the brain has two distinct neural networks for dealing with moral concern and analytical thinking. These networks appear to compete with one another -- perhaps the origin of the broader conflict between scientific and spiritual world views...

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