The few physicists I knew in school were all a little "off." As the article points out Einstein used God to anthropomorphize the laws of nature. This may be nothing more than that.
There are scientists who believe in god.
Tho scientists are 10-20x Less likely to.
Generally, the higher up you go into the eilte/hard sciences of, ie, the NAS, the Less likely theism is.
And when Scientists like Einstein speak of 'god', they are using the term more about the 'awe' of the universe/how large and wondrous it is.
Einstein often found himself having to debunk those who, either intentionally or unintentionally, mischaracterized his use of the word.
He did Not believe in ANY religion (Christianity/Judaism, etc), and did not believe in a personal god. He thought the Bible childish and ridiculous.
IAC, some numbers.
Intelligent people 'less likely to believe in God'
People with higher IQs are less likely to believe in God, according to a new study.
By Graeme Paton, Education Editor, 11 Jun 2008
Intelligent people 'less likely to believe in God' - Telegraph
Professor Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University, said many more members of the "intellectual elite" considered themselves atheists than the national average.
A decline in religious observance over the last century was directly linked to a rise in average intelligence, he claimed. But the conclusions - in a paper for the academic journal Intelligence - have been branded "simplistic" by critics. Professor Lynn, who has provoked controversy in the past with research linking intelligence to race and sex, said university academics were less likely to believe in God than almost anyone else.
A survey of Royal Society fellows found that only 3.3% believed in God - at a time when 68.5% of the general UK population described themselves as believers.
A separate poll in the 90s found only 7% of members of the American National Academy of Sciences believed in God.
Professor Lynn said most primary school children believed in God, but as they entered adolescence - and their intelligence increased - many started to have doubts.
He told Times Higher Education magazine: "Why should fewer academics believe in God than the general population? I believe it is simply a matter of the IQ. Academics have higher IQs than the general population. Several Gallup poll studies of the general population have shown that those with higher IQs tend not to believe in God."...
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