tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post3056688283601077060..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: Religiosity, intelligence and cognitive declineAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-6877685038728256012014-06-06T03:54:44.843+01:002014-06-06T03:54:44.843+01:00If you're going to be practical about it, chur...If you're going to be practical about it, church attendance probably does contribute to happiness, even if not to intelligence. I suppose that if you're convinced that it's all a bunch of hokum you might not find it as rewarding -- it would be interesting to see how much church attendance predicted intelligence when one controls for how sincere the attendant's beliefs are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-53570706850704150072014-06-01T03:17:40.730+01:002014-06-01T03:17:40.730+01:00"Old age does, mostly, not involve dementia.&..."Old age does, mostly, not involve dementia."<br /><br />I remember reading somewhere that half of all 90 year olds have dementia. Can't provide a cite, though...<br /><br />I think for old people, religious attendance is rewarding socially, and thus motivates old people to go to church, independent of their IQ and/or scoring points with god before mortal coils are shuffled.<br /><br />Hopefully, tough, they've picked the right denomination. Imagine wasting time in Christian churches-- and the eternal consequences that might follow-- if Allah is actually the one true god. (or vice versa; this is why I think Pascal's wager fails miserably). Perhaps the social aspect explains the relatively lower effect sizes this study reports?<br /><br />Nonetheless, we seem to be converging on about a -.20 effect size for religiosity and IQ. <br /><br />Disclosure: I was on peer reviewer for this study. It was an easy "accept".<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bryan Pestahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08489662466643928790noreply@blogger.com