Atheism among upper level scientists; latest survey (Introduction)

by dhw, Friday, February 18, 2011, 11:13 (5006 days ago) @ xeno6696

MATT: Jumping a bit to dhw's observation, I also agree that in some cases people who are materialistic are drawn to science, but I also stress that most who go to college are kids. Exactly how much do you (or dhw) really think that 18yr old kids walk into college full materialists--I posit that most don't even know what that word means.-The survey, and hence my observation, did not concern college kids but the "greater" scientists who are members of the National Academy of Sciences. Approximately two thirds of them are avowed materialists (one should not ignore the proportion of agnostics), and I don't find that surprising among people who have devoted their working lives to studying the material world as we know it.