Surprisingly, while increased church attendance and membership in a conservative denomination has a powerful negative effect on paranormal beliefs, higher education doesn't.
Here's an aside that you may find interesting - a statistically significant number of terrorists seem to be engineers. For years, this and other delicate matters (like why so many engineers tend to believe in God), have been the subject of informal debates. Now, they seem to have aquired a more mainstream flavor, with some reputable(?) folks even claiming that studying engineering may foster a mindset that makes one more pliable to such "indoctrination".
Personally, I find such a suggestion to be repulsive. One of my undergraduate degrees was in Engineering & I do consider a lot of the work I do to be engineering as well.
However, I can't argue against the figures - they are statistically significant. I don't know why it's the case though! Engineers & silly beliefs, who knew? :P
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Higher Education
Date: 2008-09-23 05:57 pm (UTC)From:Here's an aside that you may find interesting - a statistically significant number of terrorists seem to be engineers. For years, this and other delicate matters (like why so many engineers tend to believe in God), have been the subject of informal debates. Now, they seem to have aquired a more mainstream flavor, with some reputable(?) folks even claiming that studying engineering may foster a mindset that makes one more pliable to such "indoctrination".
Personally, I find such a suggestion to be repulsive. One of my undergraduate degrees was in Engineering & I do consider a lot of the work I do to be engineering as well.
However, I can't argue against the figures - they are statistically significant. I don't know why it's the case though! Engineers & silly beliefs, who knew? :P