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::Okay, I broke down and actually read, ''Atheists and genetic mutations''. It does not make the claims represented here. One academic in Finland says, lefthandedness is a sign of mutations, and lefthanded people are ''more likely'' to be atheists. That is not the same as "all atheists are mutants".  This is an abuse of science, little different from naming a slime mold beetle after George Bush.

::Okay, I broke down and actually read, ''Atheists and genetic mutations''. It does not make the claims represented here. One academic in Finland says, lefthandedness is a sign of mutations, and lefthanded people are ''more likely'' to be atheists. That is not the same as "all atheists are mutants".  This is an abuse of science, little different from naming a slime mold beetle after George Bush.

::For everyone one academic making the claim, there are probably 5 atheist academics making counterclaims. That is not science, either.

::For everyone one academic making the claim, there are probably 5 atheist academics making counterclaims. That is not science, either.

::This is not a put down of Prof. Dutton, he makes many very interesting and valid points, albeit a personal bias does also come through. Dutton says, “Religiousness makes you more pro-social, and you become more religious when you're stressed. Religious people would have been sexually selected for because their pro-social, moral, unstressed nature would be attractive," and "modern science means many people who would not previously have survived are making it to adulthood."  No argument there on any of that. However, that is not a natural scientific analysis found under a microscope, it's purely from a social science perspective which again, dozens of atheist social science are waiting in the wings with their own, however lame, academic refutations.

::This is not a put down of Prof. Dutton, he makes many very interesting and valid points, albeit a personal bias does also come through. Dutton says, “Religiousness makes you more pro-social, and you become more religious when you're stressed. Religious people would have been sexually selected for because their pro-social, moral, unstressed nature would be attractive," and "modern science means many people who would not previously have survived are making it to adulthood."  No argument there on any of that. However, that is not a natural scientific analysis found under a microscope, it's purely from a social science perspective which again, dozens of atheist social scientists are waiting in the wings with their own, however lame, academic refutations.

::Much of Dutton's work has a sound basis. It's how it's being used here that people find objections. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]} 20:26, October 17, 2021 (EDT)

::Much of Dutton's work has a sound basis. It's how it's being used here that people find objections. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]} 20:26, October 17, 2021 (EDT)