Does being incurious mean a person is less intelligent?

My thoughts for today - - I think you have to be careful with atheism. I believe it is like a religious cult. Of course atheists will tell you the opposite but it can be very religious, only it provides the belief that God does not exist. Even an agnosticism is either atheist or theist by definition and therefore forms some kind of belief system. I try not to argue in these topics or get into angry debates about any spiritual subjects because this is where the danger is for our happy spirituality. That being said, science itself is not even interested in religious subjects because its focus is on just that science. We can study any subject that interests us more or less. People that call others stupid are only being abusive. That right there should ring some bells.

I for one made that exact mistake myself. I am an atheist and for a certain amount of time found it hard to accept why so many people believed in religion. I was once a devout christian myself but having doubts left unanswered I went searching for explanations to things, especially events surrounding my family at that time. I have made the mistake of assuming that people who don't see it my way are stupid, ignorant, and close minded. But now, I see it in a different perspective. Having no curiosity about certain things does not make one unintelligent. He may be ignorant about that certain subject but assuming outright that he is unintelligent is just wrong. I for one have no interest in certain sciences like, environmental biology, etymology and so forth. But it doesn't mean I'm stupid. Sarah, you are not stupid like this atheist said. But it would also be wrong to believe in something simply because it is convenient. Just something to think about. Love and Peace.

I think being incurious about *everything* means you're probably less intelligent, but most people are curious about some things which interest them and incurious about others which don't. I'm curious about all sorts of things, but not about particle physics to give an example. I don't think that makes me stupid. That sounds like you too.

Hi behen Humans have proven it again and again that religion has nothing to do with brains It is nothing but a mindset that you are into or not. If they all understood what religion was, there would never have been wars in the name of religion, no terrorism and even no caste-ism or as you guys in the west call it - Racial Discrimination. Personally, I believe that religion and its understanding today, is not present with anyone. We are too incurious to know what it is all about and what we are interested in is the fact that how can we use it to put almost every blame on to it I 100% agree with you that everyone is expert in something or the other and it does never imply that if you dont know much about other things it is end of roads for you.

So you talked to an atheist? LOL. Well, we have different beliefs in life. Not being curious about things doesn't mean your stupid or less intelligent. You just things the way it is. The battle between science and religion is never ending. It's up to you where you want to believe. But for me, i love science, i love to know more things about life. I don't care about that atheist or something. I'll just try to understand him.

I do know which discussion you are referring to. I was also in this discussion with this person. Like I told him though, it is a matter of what you chose to believe and what you chose not to believe. I don't think it makes a person any less intelligent than another if that person decides to believe in a faith and therefor does not try to look into it from a scientific point of view. Some just don't want to accept the fact that not everything can be explained with numbers and science. If someone chooses to believe that the world was created through "the big bang", then that's fine with me. I don't think they are any less intelligent. If someone chooses to believe that the world was create by a greater being or power, then that's fine as well. I don't think they are any less intelligent either. Now if someone decided to just find something that sounded cool and chose to go with it without trying to see if it was right for them, I would call that person lazy lol. If you are going to chose to believe in something, I think you should do a little research to make sure whatever it is that you believe in, is right for you. Back to the discussion you are referring to, I think that if someone is going to call anyone that does not believe what they believe, is a very ignorant person. They chose to believe what they have read about something, but will not face the fact that whoever wrote what they read, could be lying or wrong. Just because something is science, does not make it truth or fact. Science fiction for instance. By saying that someone is less intelligent for believing what they chose to read and believing, that again makes that person ignorant. They are doing what they are calling other people less intelligent for doing. Just believing in a different thing.

Hi Sarah... For me, being incurious about something means you are not interested in that thing... Logically, if you are not interested, you wouldn't feel curious and you would not enquire about it, right/?? So... for me, being incurious doesn't really mean that someone isn't intelligent... :)

I agree with your way of thinking....there are tons of things I don't care about knowing anything details....but things that interest me certain I find out as much as I can..learn more about it....finding out or being curious has nothing to do with smarts.

I don't think it means that one is less intelligent because they aren't interested in certain things. There are people that are very happy not knowing this or that. It doesn't make them stupid at all.

I don't see why being incurious directly relate to being stupid. There are a few things in this world that I don't particularly care about, but I wouldn't classify myself as less intelligent about them. Even when the subject came to what other people's beliefs are.

I don't know how everything is made either. If I wanted to know it would have to be something I was really into. And as far as religion is concerned, being religious does not make you stupid. It does not matter. Look, I look at it this was, for me, and I am saying this only for me, no one else, to me, religion is stupid. Not the people who are religious. That is my opinion. Some people think they are above others, and no one is any better then anyone else.

I think science want to know all about objects including the minimal parties of them. Thus it was invented the microscope and other devices. They believe only at what they can see and perceive with their senses. In fact science has reached great knowledge to benefit of humanity. However I think a person is intelligent if he is able to think and observe. I think knowledge is beyond the senses.