What Doesn't Correlate — And Why That Matters
~10 minLearning Objectives
- ▸Identify expected-but-absent correlations in the dataset
- ▸Explain why null results constrain the space of valid theories
- ▸Articulate the "monolithic package" fallacy
- ▸Understand why worldviews are genuinely multi-dimensional, not reducible to simple dichotomies
Several pairs of dimensions we expected to correlate simply don't. These non-findings are as important as the correlations — they tell us that religious worldviews are not monolithic packages.
Why This Matters
Surely how you think about free will connects to how you think about the body? Surely text-based traditions are more body-denying? The data says: no. And that's a finding.