09 Apr 06
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Originally posted by LemonJelloI assumed he would have a religious bias which would get intergrated into his theory. In fact, I assume everyone has a bias or perspective on the nature of things that influence the way they ineterpret data as well. That is why belief is so important. I also anticipated people on this thread finding percieved flaws with his theory. As I said before, none of us have all the answers as to our origins but it is fun speculating.
I wouldn't call him 'stupid' exactly. However, I am concerned about the level of objectivity (or lack thereof) with which he approaches the topic. Many of his interpretations seem self-fulfilling to me. He does seem to know his Hebrew, though, and I did like some of his examples concerning how the English translations may be misinformant.
10 Apr 06
If anyone could be bothered (I certainly couldn't) it would be interesting to calculate the average chess rating of an equal number of self-proclaimed atheists vs. self-proclaimed believers.
Given that a strong case could be made for chess rating positively correlating with intelligence, the result should throw some light on the debate.