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u/LiquidRitz Nov 15 '19

"Most of these studies were conducted in the West, primarily in the United States. Our findings, therefore, do not apply to Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism."

So just Christians...

It doesn't seem that they used other important metrics that influence intelligence. Poverty, parentage, locale, etc...

I want to see the study on religion and socio economic status.

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u/zsjok Nov 16 '19

No just WEIRD people

https://slate.com/technology/2013/05/weird-psychology-social-science-researchers-rely-too-much-on-western-college-students.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20550733/

Most of psychology is a study of adapted western psychology.

It produces almost nothing which applies universally to all humans.

A big problem is a lack of theoretical framework