I think if we aren't formally educated we've been educating ourselves and have some critical thinking skills.

I have a degree from the school of hard knocks and a masters in tom foolery my doctorate is in sarcasm.

The only thing I am sure about is what I don't know... And on any given day, that can be a lot.

I would suspect that even though the educational level could vary the ability to use critical thinking would be higher for sure.

A formal education is not required to develop effective critical thinking skills. On the whole I would guess that the 'spread' on yrs of education is in conformity with the general population although unless a poll were taken, that would be just the guess. So far, in my opinion, from the posts I've read, most here are well above average intelligence.

My IQ is high enough to not have to brag about it............

I'd be more apt to say that the intelligence level is higher. Some of the smartest people I've known in my life never even finished high school.

I think so. Whether formally educated or not, people on this site seem to have honed their thinking skills.

Admin has the number but overall the group is pretty intelligent

I hope so.

One doesn't need well earned diplomas,degrees or phd's to have a " high level of education" good education is where ever one finds it in his/hers journey through this strange and astounding life!

My formal education only goes as far as an associate degree. But I do spend a lot of my free time reading stuff, even occasionally course material from universities and such that's online. I like to think that I have a very good informal education

Absolutely. The acquisition of true knowledge will lead to a loss of false superstition.

Yes. See my comments under @Admin's post.

Mixed-high school and up-check profiles to see.

True

Knowledge is power.

I guessed the formal education level was higher in this group simply based on my own Unitarian Universalist fellowship. We were a group of primarily "non-believers" who were seekers and the general educational level seemed to be Master Degrees. The few who identified themselves as "Christian" were very liberal and definitely not evangelical. In a good UU fellowship, you have the equivalent of this group but in the flesh not online. This particular fellowship was in the Bible Belt and I think we all gravitated to this "church" fellowship to keep our sanity and to meet others with similar concerns. I'm in WV now and there is no UU fellowship nearby. Sigh.

depends on perspective. I think the more intelligent you are the more of a fool you are believing in fairy tales

You can lead a horse to water...
IQ says it all.

I do not care. It's what I put in and what I get out of here that matters.

Got us another one here usin' them big, high soundin' words again. Well I ain't gonna go lookin' 'em up.

Maybe you should make it a poll? I myself only have high school and a handful of classes from the local community college, unfortunately. Too much reordering of my life over the last 5 or years for me to have accomplished more yet, really.

Sadly I only did 1 year in college.

I would hope so