tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post4442239263147108738..comments2023-08-27T10:10:30.032+02:00Comments on Laws of Silence: Do Believers Breed More?Dauradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-48509916944627578992010-04-13T06:03:44.136+02:002010-04-13T06:03:44.136+02:00Song! I've enjoyed our conversation. Here are ...Song! I've enjoyed our conversation. Here are a few bits related to our musings:<br /><br />* <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304222504575173890997846742.html?mod=WSJ_article_related" rel="nofollow">Why Belief in God Is Not Innate</a><br />* <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304198004575172233981688208.html" rel="nofollow">Why Belief in God Is The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-5371930993187544352010-04-01T12:16:08.296+02:002010-04-01T12:16:08.296+02:00A new conclusion with the chessmen? Ha! I watch ...A new conclusion with the chessmen? Ha! I watch the birds. Thank you for sharing this article. There is much to think about here. I need to read it several times more.<br /><br />just a few thoughts I want to share.<br /><br /> I can't say if we are or are not hardwired for spirituality, and really computers haven't been here that long, so the language, is modern, really, and allows asong!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08734234261453128897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-14323866123109990492010-04-01T04:36:58.739+02:002010-04-01T04:36:58.739+02:00Song! Welcome!
We're long-winded around here...Song! Welcome! <br /><br />We're long-winded around here, and we appreciate a long reply--especially one so thoughtful. <br /><br />I like your idea of mental objects. I've tried, somewhat clumsily I suspect, to write a couple pieces for LoS (Laws of Silence) that analogized thoughts and believes with geography (e.g., mental "space", mental "maps")--which is similar toThe Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-87347817285455142492010-03-31T18:46:31.234+02:002010-03-31T18:46:31.234+02:00No laws broken here! I think you're quite rig...No laws broken here! I think you're quite right, once again.<br /><br />I like this:<br /><br />"Once a belief is formed, then the believer gathers mental objects which correspond with their belief."<br /><br />I have no qualms about saying many LoS posts start out this way and i'm not sure it could be any other way.<br /><br />Acknowledging this is an important part of the Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-43906514672376487362010-03-31T12:17:05.901+02:002010-03-31T12:17:05.901+02:00I have noticed that most people I talk with are go...I have noticed that most people I talk with are governed by overriding beliefs, supported by gathered "facts", which I consider to be “mental objects”. Once a belief is formed, then the believer gathers mental objects which correspond with their belief. I call this “belief sets”. So, basically I listen a lot, until I can find the belief of a person, then I understand what is in song!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08734234261453128897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-9940574507295344542010-02-25T06:21:48.098+01:002010-02-25T06:21:48.098+01:00Great comment, Daurade. You envocation of Spock hi...Great comment, Daurade. You envocation of Spock hit on this *thing* that was wrestling as I wrote this. Sometimes when I write, my left brain takes over; other times it's the right. I tried to engage the right (non-logic) side this piece by paying attention to synchronicity -- but the truth is that this piece arose from left-brained (logical) thinking.<br /><br />The notion of hardwired The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-37175975798731062732010-02-24T10:20:41.659+01:002010-02-24T10:20:41.659+01:00As Spock would say: "Fascinating!" The...As Spock would say: "Fascinating!" The idea that religiosity is hardwired into our brains is definitely worth investigating.<br /><br />Your thesis: <br /><br />"If you're non-fundamentalist, religious or not, you might accept this as evidence that evolution has favored Believers--which is in-and-of-itself a suggestion that Believers may breed more."<br /><br />Very Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.com