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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] GreatBlueHeron 31 points 3 days ago (19 children)

33% have a college degree yet only 3% are atheist. That's batshit crazy. I can't imagine having the critical thinking skills needed for a degree and not using those skills to figure out that god is a fairy tale.

Yes I know lots of educated people are religious - I had several christian professors when I was studying mathematics / computer science. That doesn't make it any less crazy to me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Einstein believed in god.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

That depends on your definition of the word "god". Einstein certainly wasn't an Abrahamist, he was a pantheist. He believed the entire universe was comprised by a divine whole.

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