Re: Diversification amongst creationists

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, "TCE" <strangebreed@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm new to this group, but not to this debate. I'm a compsci major
and have been working as an engineer in the field of artificial
intelligence for many years now. I haven't met many programmers in
my career who are religious; I could be wrong of course, but perhaps
my chosen field attracts atheists? That's obviously a whole
discussion in itself, but personally I believe those in my industry
who earn their living using critical thinking and logical deduction,
have a hard time swallowing religious dogma, and especially
creationist argument against evolution.

There's a perceived tendency for engineers to be creationists, or at
least for educated creationists to be engineers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_hypothesis

But my observations about people in computer science, information
technology, etc. agrees with yours, both in school and in the
workplace. But it's not obvious why "we" would be different from
"them". Presumably chemical and mechanical engineers are called upon
to think critically now and then...

Tell us what you do in AI!

--
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas

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