Best Comment I've Read in a Long Time

He's commenting on the supposed correlation between intelligence and irreligiousity (not a word). He said "

If intelligence were consistently and strongly correlated with all character traits that we universally regard as positive (e.g., compassion, humility, courage, kindness, patience, contentment, charity, loyalty, etc. etc.), then I think I'd be more inclined to lend this argument more importance than I do now.

But the fact is that, in my estimation, intelligent people do not have the monopoly on such qualities, even in the aggregate. So even if a resistance to religiosity were a positive character trait, it doesn't immediately suggest that possessing it is a sign of intelligence.

Furthermore, the great metaphysical questions of this world have yet to be answered in any definitive way by anyone of any level of intelligence. Surely if intelligence were sufficient, we'd have some better answers by now. Given that we do not, perhaps intelligence isn't all it's cracked up to be.

But if we do finally come across someone with the intelligence to tackle such issues, then I hope we can delay him (or her) long enough to figure out a way to explain women to men. That seems like the far more important task than to get to the bottom of this whole God thing."

Love it. The first paragraph especially.