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Religious people are… dumber?

Originally posted on Growth Hacks For Geeks:
In a recently published scholarly article titled Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, researchers Edward Dutton from the University of Oulu, Finland and Richard Lynn from the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland argued that interdisciplinary differences in religiosity and political perspective among academics are predicted by interdisciplinary differences in intelligence between…

The irrational rationality behind Facebook’s $16 billion acquisition of WhatsApp
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The irrational rationality behind Facebook’s $16 billion acquisition of WhatsApp

Originally posted on Gigaom:
Another day and another acquisition — and another one that is jaw dropping and seemingly insane. Less than a week after Japan’s Rakuten acquired Viber for $900 million, Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced that he is buying WhatsApp for a whopping $16 billion in cash and stock. Add…