Reply To: Is belief toxic for your brain?
IQ and high school math and science (in Catholic schools).
In 8th grade I learned of my high IQ and went to a college prep hs. In 9th grade I didn’t understand algebra. In 10th I loved plane geometry. In 11th I survived trig. In 12th I loved physics.
Korean War naval combat gave me the GI Bill and I started college. I quit religion, earned a BA in math and economics, and during a year in graduate school studied math and physics. While there I realized I’d studied math and science because, after 12 years in Catholic schools, being required to prove conclusions and get evidence restored my mind’s health.
My part-time goal now is to persuade people that the Big Bang is a religion.
