How Many Atheists Are There — and How Do You Count Them
Based on a video lecture from 2020. Atheism is a fascinating phenomenon from a sociological standpoint. It is the rejection of religion — and while in some countries this carries no particular stigma, in many others it remains a loaded word. Few people will voluntarily call themselves atheists, even if that is effectively what they are. Here I want to talk about the difficulties of counting atheists, primarily in the United States, and to work through one scientific paper with an interesting methodological finding. ...