In one study that set out to investigate this question, young chimps observed a researcher using a stick to retrieve candy from a clear plastic box, employing both effective and ineffective motions. The chimps quickly discerned the candy-releasing moves and proceeded to repeat only those. Four-year-old children who watched the same demonstration, however, imitated the entire routine, including the unnecessary moves. The children seemed to put their trust in the experimenter and thus invest some magical significance or “blind faith” in actions of no practical value—perhaps a symptom of the human predisposition for superstition, de Waal posits.
The ease with which our brain suspends reality—call it irrationality, imagination or faith—has been crucial to the development of religion in human culture, according to de Waal, a respected primatologist and avowed atheist.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mind-reviews-bonobo-and-atheist/#
#religion #atheism #study #research #bonobo
Type safety and its strict enforcement is our religion - No blasphemy please.
#programming #religion #blasphemy #screenshot #modula-2 #modula
he agrees with Bertran Russel (peace and blessings be upon him).
#screenshot #agree #bertran_russel #russel #religion #view
Most people reading this will already be fairly tolerant. But there is a step beyond thinking of yourself as x but tolerating y: not even to consider yourself an x. The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you.
http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html
#paul_graham #religion #politics #internet #discussions #identity
most of the human religions known to me consider that the god is creator, and he created everything. i don’t know how it describes god, but i think it’s about us. it means we ourselves are creators. creativity is essential feature for us. no wonder the word creative usually doesn’t mean something nasty, and used in positive context. nobody says - “such a creative girl, that is disgusting”. we are delighted by creative people. and because early humans were creative too, they thought that other things they didn’t create, and have no idea how to create, were created by someone mighty.
#creativity #creative #idea #thinking #religion #god #humans #people #imagination
the journalist hardly resists to not laugh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoDc9bwdQWk
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Ճաշող Փիլիսոփայ ; norayr@spyurk.am} 12.02.2015, 12:34:34
հաւէս հարցազրոյց՝ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoDc9bwdQWk
լրագրողն էլ հազիւ է զսպում իրեն որ չծիծաղի։
#հարցազրոյց #իմպերիալիզմ #ուղղափառ #ռուսերէն #լրագրող #փողոց #ռուսաստան #պուտին #ցար #կայսր #տեսանիւթ
#russia #interview #street #putin #imperialism #religion #orthodoxy #православие #самодержавие #путин #россия #интервью #империализм
մարդը բացահայտել է որ «սուրբ ջուրը» իրականում կանալիզացիա էր, ու հիմա ստիպված է գաղթել արտասահման՝ http://d3.ru/comments/391379/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaqIBpK62Yo #կրոն #religion
#Մեջբերում #հոգեբան ի ու 16-ամյա աղջկա #զրույց ից՝ #թերպիա յի ժամանակ։
#Therapist: – Have you ever read the #bible?
Girl: – Isn’t that like illegal for you to ask me that?
Therapist: – Not really. It’s really just a subject like any other. You can choose to #talk about it or not. Anyway, in the new #testament #God is always portrayed as being #good and #wickedness and #evil is a #human thing, a human problem.Actually, it’s one of the things that’s helped christianity to spread very quickly. Can you… Can you think why?
Girl: – Because #people like to feel shitty about themselves?
Therapist: - That’s it. Exactly. We prefer to# live in a world where God is #good and man is #bad rather than a world where God is bad. So an evil #authority, an unfair# government, neglectful #parents– That’s a pretty scary #concept. Makes your whole #life seem kind of scary and meaningless. It is one of the reasons why children will blame themselves before their parents.
#therapy #psychology #religion #bible #obey #in-treatment
http://chvhatvogh.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/կրոնի-ու-մեր-մասին/
as you can only #live by accepting absolute #authority https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiU5u6zAtyc #religion
via @{Brian Shannon ; teapot@diasp.org}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oxTMUTOz0w The #Erosion of #Progress by #Religion
