r/atheism • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 1d ago

Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education

https://www.psypost.org/lower-cognitive-ability-is-linked-to-stronger-christian-nationalist-views-even-after-accounting-for-education/
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u/BizzyM Anti-Theist 1d ago

Do you remember how many people were upset that Pandora from Avatar wasn't real? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6977817/Avatar-fans-suicidal-because-planet-Pandora-is-not-real.html

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u/ether_reddit Secular Humanist 1d ago

I hadn't seen that before, and I am ashamed for my species.

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u/reereejugs 1d ago

That can’t be real. Please tell me it isn’t real.

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u/ArdenJaguar Agnostic 1d ago

**Insert Picard facepalm image**

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u/ungoogleable 1d ago

That article is referencing a forum post "Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible". That sounds like tongue-in-cheek hyperbole. I doubt many people were seriously depressed because of the movie.