Interesting article about religion and lack of intellectual humility.

[Spicy McHaggis]

https://www.inquisitr.com/4912504/study ... -humility/

I like this quote:

In other words, to be intellectually humble means to recognize that you might be wrong about what you believe.

It seems the more religious a person is, the more likely they are to believe their views are always right & correct.

[blazerb]

I was interested in the right-wing authoritarianism. What better church than the LDS for an authoritarian to be leading?

[Reuben]

It seems the more religious a person is, the more likely they are to believe their views are always right & correct.

Looks like it. That's interesting. Now, this part is important:

Upon analysis conducted by Krumrei-Mancuso, the survey results indicated that there is indeed a small, negative link between religiosity and intellectual humility.

And when a religious person is less intellectually humble, it seems like it's because they're more right-wing authoritarian. I didn't see a causal direction. Is it because religion attracts them, or because religion produces them, or both?

I wonder if intellectual humility is related to another studied trait, scientific curiosity.

[deacon blues]

I hit the reference for "intellectual honesty" and found a list of positive intellectual qualities posted by "The Foundation For Critical Thinking." Thanks Spicey, for the heads up.

[deacon blues]

My Dad used to say "Have you ever been sure of something and been wrong?" This reminded me that I could be wrong, which seems to be the point of the article, and the definition of intellectual humility which the article refers to. I would add that I am more sure of some things than of others, ie. I feel more sure that the priesthood ban had human origins than I am that the Sermon on the Mount had human origins.