On 12-6-2009 19:49, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:44:23 +0200, andrel wrote:
> 
>> I don't have statistics, just my personal experience to draw upon. And
>> going to church or being religious is rather uncommon here. From the
>> people I worked with I know only 2 who did, even if there were 10 times
>> as many that I do no know of, it would still be less than 10%
> 
> It's fair to say that the demographic would be different in different 
> parts of the world.  The US tends to be a lot more religious, even though 
> that wasn't (at least as interpreted by many/most here) the intent of the 
> founders.
> 
>> It may be different in the US. Even so how do you explain this book:
>> http://www.amazon.com/Things-Computer-Scientist-Language-Information/
> dp/157586326X
>> Note to the people not in the field: Don Knuth is a big name in CS.
>> Known a.o. for 'The art of computer programming' and TeX
> 
> I have a lot of respect for Knuth, but a sample size of 1 isn't a real 
> good sample size for a statistical analysis. :-)

Not sure what you mean, but my point is that at least in his perception 
religion and science are apparently considered not compatible by other 
people.

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