Posted by:
the pawn
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Date: December 18, 2011 09:47PM
Simon in Oz Wrote:
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> the pawn Wrote:
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> As
> > the following survey indicates many professors
> > (and others with similar education levels) are
> > religionists/deists of various stripes.
> >
> >
>
http://religion.ssrc.org/reforum/Gross_Simmons.pdf>
>
> Once you start polling scientists who are members
> of elite academies the number of religionists
> drops very significantly. People are voted into
> these academies by their peers on the basis of the
> quality and impact of their science.
Good point. I was actually looking for the study that mentioned that fact but could not find it in the brief search I conducted.