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Atheists and genetic mutations (view source)
Revision as of 15:58, July 14, 2019
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[[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] wrote:
[[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] wrote:
{{Cquote|This would also put [https://mouseutopia.blogspot.co.uk/ Bruce Charlton's Mouse Utopia observations] into context, as atheism appears to be one aspect of the nihilistic despair that is a consequence of the increased prevalence of genetic inferiority that results from easier circumstances.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2017/12/genetically-inferior.html Genetically Inferior by [[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]]</ref>}}
{{Cquote|This would also put [https://mouseutopia.blogspot.co.uk/ Bruce Charlton's Mouse Utopia observations] into context, as atheism appears to be one aspect of the nihilistic despair that is a consequence of the increased prevalence of genetic inferiority that results from easier circumstances.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2017/12/genetically-inferior.html Genetically Inferior by [[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]]</ref>}}
== Atheism and autism ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and autism]]
[[File:Autismbrain.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Autism]] affects the [[amygdala]], [[cerebellum]], and multiple other parts of the brain.]]
In 2011, the University of Boston published a study on the correlation between [[atheism]] and high-functioning/mild [[autism]].<ref>[http://csjarchive.cogsci.rpi.edu/proceedings/2011/papers/0782/paper0782.pdf Religious Belief Systems of Persons with High Functioning Autism], Catherine Caldwell-Harris, Caitlin Fox Murphy and Tessa Velazquez at the Department of Psychology - Boston University); Patrick McNamara (Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine) </ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2039690/Atheism-autism-Controversial-new-study-points-link-two.html Is atheism linked to autism? Controversial study points to relationship between the two], ''Daily Mail'', 20 September 2011</ref>
On September 19, 2011, the ''Discover Magazine'' website had an article indicating that there were empirical results showing a positive correlation between atheism and high functioning [[autism]] and the article declared:
{{cquote|This is why the empirical results on the [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/09/atheism-as-mental-deviance/ correlation between atheism and high functioning autism] are important...
...some people were angry that I seemed to suggest that atheists were antisocial weirdos. Well, [http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/08/religiosity-and-personality-how-are.php there is some data to back that up].<ref>[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/09/what-atheism-and-autism-may-have-in-common/ What atheism and autism may have in common] By Razib Khan, September 19, 2011]</ref>}}
== Atheism, left-handedness, socialization pointing to a largely non-genetic explanation of atheism ==
== Atheism, left-handedness, socialization pointing to a largely non-genetic explanation of atheism ==