Not sure there is a connection between intelligence and degrees...

Not sure there is a connection between intelligence and degrees ... anyone can get them .. just a matter of applying yourself .. it is dead easy nowadays.

I don't think it is all about intelligence as to whether you are an athiest or not ... it has a lot more to do with your environment such as where you were born and what your parents believed and how much they wanted you to believe it ... and are you more fact or faith oriented as in the following cartoon. I think Academia fits into the first camp and as such tend to be athiests.