I’ve heard from some sources that there is a correlation between vegetarianism and high IQ levels. I’ve also heard that historically, some of our most brilliant minds have labeled themselves as agnostic or atheistic.
Does anyone know if these two seemingly unrelated personal lifestyles have any correlation? I think it would make for an interesting study, so cite sources if you know the answer. Thanks!
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I know plenty of vegetarians and plenty of atheists. I'm an atheist omnivore.
The vegetarians are mostly veggie for religious reasons (E.G. Indians). The atheists (the openly atheist ones) I know are all omnivore.
None of the atheists subscribe to the 'Fluffy animals shouldn't be eaten' point of view since it doesn't stand up to rational analysis, and people who are atheist are people who are great at rational analysis. That's why they're atheist.
It is however an interesting question. It would be interesting to see a serious quantitative study on the numbers and qualitative study on peoples motivations for being atheist, vegetarian and any combination of the two to gain an insight into causation. This is where the magic combination of a 'grounded theory' study and a quantative study should be applied. It's a shame the journals pass on grounded theory studies a lot of the time, because they don't understand it. Since it is great at eliciting causation and quantitative studies establish the truth.