Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Alternate Garden of Eden
via qwantz.com
Entries Tagged as 'religion'
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Dr. Persinger’s God Helmet
via youtube.com Via Robert Abbott. Posted via web from crasch’s posterous
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Buddhism – Religion and Self-control
“Thinking about the oneness of humanity and the unity of nature doesn’t seem to be related to self-control,” Dr McCullough said. “The self-control effect seems to come from being engaged in religious institutions and behaviours.” Does this mean that non-believers like me should start going to church? Even if you don’t believe in a supernatural [...]
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Free will is an illusion, biologist says
(PhysOrg.com) — When biologist Anthony Cashmore claims that the concept of free will is an illusion, he’s not breaking any new ground. At least as far back as the ancient Greeks, people have wondered how humans seem to have the ability to make their own personal decisions in a manner lacking any causal component other [...]
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Damage to One Brain Region Can Boost “Transcendent” Feelings | 80beats | Discover Magazine
By observing brain cancer patients before and after brain surgery, researchers in Italy have found that damage to the posterior part of the brain, specifically in an area called the parietal cortex, can increase patients’ feelings of “self transcendence,” or feeling at one with the universe. The parietal cortex is the region that is is [...]
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Your Religion Is False
Your Religion Is False is for sale! Check out Joel’s BIL talk for a flavor of the content.
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
Does Religion Make You Nice?
Does Religion Make You Nice? In a review published in Science last month, psychologists Ara Norenzayan and Azim Shariff discuss several experiments that lean pro-Schlessinger. In one of their own studies, they primed half the participants with a spirituality-themed word jumble (including the words divine and God) and gave the other half the same task [...]
