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| | A survey commissioned by the Christian organization Pro Genesis earlier this year found 80 percent of Swiss want creationism taught in schools, according to swissinfo. Meanwhile, an international survey last year found 30 percent of Swiss reject evolution – one of the highest rates in Europe.<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/swiss-evangelicals-heat-up-creationism-debate-30354/ Swiss Evangelicals Heat Up Creationism Debate], ''Christian Post'', 2007</ref>}} | | A survey commissioned by the Christian organization Pro Genesis earlier this year found 80 percent of Swiss want creationism taught in schools, according to swissinfo. Meanwhile, an international survey last year found 30 percent of Swiss reject evolution – one of the highest rates in Europe.<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/swiss-evangelicals-heat-up-creationism-debate-30354/ Swiss Evangelicals Heat Up Creationism Debate], ''Christian Post'', 2007</ref>}} |
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| − | === Australian national IQ ===
| + | == Australian national IQ == |
| | [[File:Flag of Australia.png|thumbnail|200px|[[Australia]]'s national IQ is 98..<ref name="CountryIQ"/> | | [[File:Flag of Australia.png|thumbnail|200px|[[Australia]]'s national IQ is 98..<ref name="CountryIQ"/> |
| | The ''Daily Mail'' reported in 2014, "Evidence suggests that the IQs of people in the [[UK]], [[Denmark]] and Australia have declined in the last decade."<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2730791/Are-STUPID-Britons-people-IQ-decline.html Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing - and some experts argue it's because humans have reached their intellectual peak], ''Daily Mail'', 2014</ref>]] | | The ''Daily Mail'' reported in 2014, "Evidence suggests that the IQs of people in the [[UK]], [[Denmark]] and Australia have declined in the last decade."<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2730791/Are-STUPID-Britons-people-IQ-decline.html Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing - and some experts argue it's because humans have reached their intellectual peak], ''Daily Mail'', 2014</ref>]] |
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| | In the 2011 Australian census, 22.3% of Australians (or 4,796,787 people) identified themselves as having "no religion" which was more than 3 percent higher (and 1,090,232 people more) than in the 2006 census and was the second largest category.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/0?opendocument&navpos=220 |title = 2011 Census QuickStats |date = 30 October 2012 | publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics|accessdate = 2013-02-25}}</ref> Another 2.014 million (9.4%) were in the "not-stated or inadequately-defined" category: thus more than 31% of Australians did not state a religious affiliation in the 2011 census.<ref>[http://www.quazoo.com/q/Irreligion_in_Australia Irreligion in Ausralia]</ref> | | In the 2011 Australian census, 22.3% of Australians (or 4,796,787 people) identified themselves as having "no religion" which was more than 3 percent higher (and 1,090,232 people more) than in the 2006 census and was the second largest category.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/0?opendocument&navpos=220 |title = 2011 Census QuickStats |date = 30 October 2012 | publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics|accessdate = 2013-02-25}}</ref> Another 2.014 million (9.4%) were in the "not-stated or inadequately-defined" category: thus more than 31% of Australians did not state a religious affiliation in the 2011 census.<ref>[http://www.quazoo.com/q/Irreligion_in_Australia Irreligion in Ausralia]</ref> |
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| − | ==== Australia's falling national IQ ====
| + | === Australia's falling national IQ === |
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| | [[Australia]]'s national IQ is 98.<ref name="CountryIQ"/> The ''Daily Mail'' reported in 2014, "Evidence suggests that the IQs of people in the [[UK]], [[Denmark]] and Australia have declined in the last decade."<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2730791/Are-STUPID-Britons-people-IQ-decline.html Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing - and some experts argue it's because humans have reached their intellectual peak], ''Daily Mail'', 2014</ref> | | [[Australia]]'s national IQ is 98.<ref name="CountryIQ"/> The ''Daily Mail'' reported in 2014, "Evidence suggests that the IQs of people in the [[UK]], [[Denmark]] and Australia have declined in the last decade."<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2730791/Are-STUPID-Britons-people-IQ-decline.html Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing - and some experts argue it's because humans have reached their intellectual peak], ''Daily Mail'', 2014</ref> |
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| − | ===== Australia, alcoholism and lower brain functionality =====
| + | === Australia, alcoholism and lower brain functionality === |
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| | See: [[Irreligious Australia and intelligence#Australia, alcoholism and lower brain functionality| Australia, alcoholism and lower brain functionality]] | | See: [[Irreligious Australia and intelligence#Australia, alcoholism and lower brain functionality| Australia, alcoholism and lower brain functionality]] |
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| − | ===== Australian obesity epidemic and its effect on intelligence =====
| + | === Australian obesity epidemic and its effect on intelligence === |
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| | [[Irreligious Australia and intelligence#Australian obesity epidemic and its effect on intelligence|Australian obesity epidemic and its effect on intelligence]] | | [[Irreligious Australia and intelligence#Australian obesity epidemic and its effect on intelligence|Australian obesity epidemic and its effect on intelligence]] |