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Originally Posted by msmith

First of all, Wikipedia is not the most credible resource in the world, and tends to lean towards the bias of the editors--as do polls and studies.

Well it seems to stand up good when compared to Britannica according to a recent study...

So is the apparent inference from the posted statistics is that the French should be exponentially smarter than Americans because they don't believe in God to the overwhelming degree that Americans do (i.e. religious people= dumb, atheists=smart). That is patently absurd. The United States is one of the highest educated nations on the face of the earth, and one of the most religious.

I do not believe that is true. See for example:

http://www.conferenceboard.ca/HCP/De...graduates.aspx

Sweden, Switzerland and Finland has twice the number Phd per capita then US. And I expect Sweden and Finland to be similar to France with respect to religious belief.