Right/wrong are human concepts not universal. The right or wrongness of a situation is determined by the creatures involved.IQ is equal to logic, the more logically one can examine a situation the higher the IQ of that creature. — Nathaniel
I think Intelligence is made up of following two factors:
- Correctness. How right/wrong you get it
- IQ. How complex a concept you can handle
- So it’s possible for a genius to be wrong in a very complex way.
- Or a retard may get it right and not know why.
I think right/wrong are partially hormonal; adrenaline is released for threat = wrong situations. Dopamine is released as a reward = right situations. People who get it wrong habitually are reacting to adrenaline rather than dopamine.
The ability to make and follow through on the right decision relates to willpower which is not related to IQ.
An example of someone who’s intelligent but gets it wrong would be Richard Dawkins; he’s mainly motivated by sadism so reaches the wrong conclusions, but does so in a complex way so as to confuse people. — Devans99
The intelligence of religious people is impaired by belief in something they can't know; such that the contents of the mind effectively disable the brain — karl stone
The intelligence of religious people is impaired by belief in something they can't know; such that the contents of the mind effectively disable the brain. — karl stone
^I agree with this, but you must understand that in religion, there are many concept that is real in it.The brain works better dealing with truth — karl stone
I think (For now) the only factor that made up intelligence is IQ. Hmmm, you are free to teach me more though — diesynyang
The intelligence of religious people is impaired by belief in something they can't know; such that the contents of the mind effectively disable the brain. The brain works better dealing with truth. It experiences cognitive dissonance less, and is able to make more dense, straightforward and closer connections. In short, the brain that models reality the closest works best. — karl stone
In short, the brain that models reality the closest works best. — karl stone
I'm not religious myself but it seems to me that Atheists are mentally impaired; there is no firm evidence either way for/against God but there is a simple choice between glass half full and glass half empty and Atheists choose empty; to the determent of themselves and those unfortunate enough to be around them. Atheism also seems to correlate with sadism; which is unhealthy mentally. — Devans99
But I would argue we should put aside moral when we want to judge a person "Does he/she has High Intelligent or not?" — diesynyang
How does atheism correlate with sadism? — karl stone
^I think (For now) the only factor that made up intelligence is IQ. Hmmm, you are free to teach me more though : D — diesynyang
^Hmmm, not exactly, I think religious belief and intelligence has really weak correlation. Some of the people that we could deem smart, are religious people. Example : Blaise Pascal, Fyodor Dostoevsky — diesynyang
^I agree with this, but you must understand that in religion, there are many concept that is real in it. — diesynyang
IQ is not an individual quality. It's a statistical measure of intelligence relative to that of others. So, i really don't know what you're saying here. — karl stone
Right, but that's a good brain - not a good mind. — karl stone
why didn't you list any? — karl stone
And yet, these people whose intelligence is supposedly impaired have dominated human culture for at least thousands of years. This consistent record of successful adaptation suggests that, generally speaking, religious people are modeling human reality pretty darn well. — Jake
Oh, right - so you're a Buddhist. I find it quite difficult to relate to Buddhists, — karl stone
Brain - lump of grey matter in the skull
Mind - contents of understanding — karl stone
eople are fundamentally not evil; they are fundamental Good (=Right) — Devans99
Both Atheists and Theists try to spread their beliefs. Both beliefs are wrong but Atheism makes people unhappy and some Atheists use this to inflict pain on people. Theism in contrast makes people happy. — Devans99
At one time, religion was the best understanding we could muster - but that was overtaken in all sorts of ways. — karl stone
I'm agnostic leaning towards Deism. — Devans99
Evil = Wrong = What is pleasurable in the short term (and painful in the long term). People are fundamentally not evil; they are fundamental Good (=Right) because its in their own interests to be right. Being Evil (=Wrong) is in no-ones best interest. — Devans99
what are your view on my statement "People are not fundamentally good" — diesynyang
But we are long term creatures: — Devans99
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