Since most of the comments on this board seem to lean toward religion, regardless of the scientific topic being posed, I though this would be of interest to the current panel of observers.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/01/opinion/haidt-religion-evolution/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

The complete TED talk is linked to in the article.

One reason why so many comments on this board seem to lean toward religion is because this board has long been known as a place where Anti Theists use their view of Science to attack religion.

But since atheists have called for a psychological analysis of belief, lets take a look at the other side...

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articl ... ml?id=4369

Also, for those who reject Free Will this article considers some of the ways in which Atheism is Psychologically determined.

Haidt had an excellent talk on discourse in politics recently.

Harry, would you say it is one sided, or are both religious extremes equally biased in a way that compromises their scientific integrity?