Because of our instilled belief in authority when we are young (like trusting your mom when she says not to touch the fire), humans are predisposed to believe certain things without requiring proof. Put this into a computer model and voila - religion flourishes.

Excerpt:

The model assumes, in other words, that a small number of people have a genetic predisposition to communicate unverifiable information to others. They passed on that trait to their children, but they also interacted with people who didn't spread unreal information.

Read the article.

Here's a few that jumped out at me:

ECU - Eternal Care Unit: heaven ("gone to the ECU = dead)
FLK - Funny Looking Kid (sometimes suggests rural inbreeding)
Lignocephalic - wooden-headed (i.e. dense [thick] or stubborn)
Solomf yoyo - So long, mother-f*****, you're on your own
WNL - Will Not Listen; patient won't take medical advice

Read them all.

See the rest of the comic strip...

Who'd have thunk it? Biologists and Chemists have stereotypical personalities that should be accounted for when you deal with them.

What planet are Computer Scientists from?