tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808043121655847826.post7966052799748947372..comments2023-09-10T13:52:25.208+01:00Comments on Mind Your Head!: No More God Spot?Neural Outlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299570389772377623noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808043121655847826.post-76722902768335838672011-07-29T03:21:15.484+01:002011-07-29T03:21:15.484+01:00Hi Vivien,
I agree that to analyse a brain that ...Hi Vivien, <br /><br />I agree that to analyse a brain that is actively ungoing a religious experience would turn up some interesting insights indeed. But how can we be sure that such an experience is taking place? It is difficult to track these things down.Neural Outlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299570389772377623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808043121655847826.post-31221118293893448542011-07-28T17:12:46.293+01:002011-07-28T17:12:46.293+01:00"Other critics note that this study simply an..."Other critics note that this study simply analyses a "thinking" brain as opposed to a brain actively undergoing a religious experience. This is such a lazy methodological criticism that I wonder how it can even be considered seriously."<br /><br />I don't think this is a lazy argument, I think its a pivotal point. Its called validity.Vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06522826208362378292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808043121655847826.post-42478189338502968772009-10-29T03:31:25.288+00:002009-10-29T03:31:25.288+00:001) I am interested in the evolutionary aspect of t...1) I am interested in the evolutionary aspect of these findings. The fact that primates do not likely use their similar brain structures to the capacities that humans do supports a theory of my own. I ask that the readers of this post consider how obtaining new knowledge can either be very dull and unmemorable or it can be very memorable and an emotional experience. This new knowledge causes an extremely happy and fulfilling feeling deep inside myself. I BELIEVE that every human in the world, of every single religion and culture, is forced to approach their religious (or non-religious) beliefs using only their upbringing and their past-experiences. This limitation of ours, regarding our inability to conceive of how short of a time period we live and die in when compared to the history of man, or the world, or the universe, has caused us to adopt and live by the best, or most persuasive, religion or theory that our limited existence will allow us to experience. Out of all the philosophical theories that I have read about, I tend to believe the ones that seem to have better, or more realistic, logic…Jumping to the point of my personal theory, I BELIEVE that obtaining new knowledge of the human brain, and thus the nature of mankind, is a psychologically significant experience and should be dealt with extremely delicately. How do I suggest we do this? If everyone can realize that we all have the same ‘desire for otherness’, which has manifested itself in the form of organized religions, making US completely understand that we are biologically, neurologically, and thus psychologically similar to everyone else. Hans Kung’s notion of the need for a New World Ethic would allow us to embrace our newly realized commonality. My only alteration to the religiously universalized concept of the “Golden Rule” would be to make it an active statement rather than a passive or neutral one. That is: GO OUT AND DO GOOD FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS, HELP AS MANY PEOPLE OUT IN THE WORLD AS YOU CAN, MAKE YOUR LIFE GOALS AND YOUR CURRENT OR FUTURE PROFESSION SOMEHOW AIMED AT MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. Eventually, once enough people realize that doing good things also makes you happy, the world will suddenly become a noticeably better place for everyone and everything the resides on IT.LST313https://www.blogger.com/profile/05139361148911441844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1808043121655847826.post-72288507162004826522009-04-03T15:11:00.000+01:002009-04-03T15:11:00.000+01:00What? No comments? That's hard to believe. Or mayb...What? No comments? That's hard to believe. Or maybe not, I got nuthin, except thanks for the posts. rbarbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18390370919856817102noreply@blogger.com