Sunday, May 26, 2013

Denyse The Incompetent

As I predicted, Denyse O'Leary's return to Uncommon Descent just keeps giving and giving.

Here she cites an article in the Washington Post about the distribution of atheists worldwide. Not bothering to even read the article carefully, Denyse opines, "Canada is a pretty “free” nation, but I doubt you’d get five percent to say they were definitely atheists."

Screenshot, in case it goes the usual way of stupidity on Uncommon Descent and vanishes without a trace:

Had Denyse bothered to follow the link right in the article she cites, she would have found that the figure for Canada is 9%.

But, you know, responsible journalism is what we can expect from that old stupid "legacy media".

3 comments:

Gingerbaker said...

Hey, she was right. Canada didn't get five per cent! ;D

Pugh Trust said...

The report: "National populations who
are more inclined to say
they are atheists"
vs
O'Leary: "I doubt you’d get five percent to say they were definitely atheists."

She might be thinking wishfully, but we can't say for sure she's wrong.

Jeffrey Shallit said...

Yes, we can say for sure she's wrong. Read the survey and the question.

If you have nothing worth saying, please say it elsewhere.