>>11682965I'm not the anon you responded to
I've wasted too much time writing this response so it's going to be shit, because i dont care enough to refine it
A useful method of modelling the world is using formal logic.
An oversimplified example is, if A, B, C ... Then D
You take several premises and reach a conclusion
It is possible for contradictory premises to lead to the same conclusions, for example:
- creationism and god lead to the world we see
- big bang/eternal cosmic inflation and evolution lead to the world we see
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To answer your question about high IQ people believing in souls/god
believing (Y) or not believing (N) in a soul/god does not seem to allow us to derive conclusions that:
-differ between Y and N
-are mutually exclusive, ie only Y or only N has the correct conclusion
- are demonstrably and irrefutably and unquestionably true
There are "proofs" of the soul and/or god, but these tend to be flawed in that they make arbitrary choices regarding premises (as an example), such as descartes trademark argument
Regardless, the unprovability does not mean falsity
It seems high IQ individuals don't study philosophy sufficiently, or just stick with whatever belief system they were raised with or is most comfortable to them
