I have been an atheist all my life 50 years.
If other peoples culture made them believe in god then I suppose mine made me
be an atheist and think that it is very important to know right from wrong.
I want to know why there are so many believers
I suppose there are many reasons such as
fitting in with ones family/culture
“cognitive miser” dysrationalia
wishfull thinking
terror management theory
thinking that reason and doubt really is the devil in their head
memes as a virus or super organism running the show just not knowing better
many many other reasons
Does anyone have any empirical data on what the primary components
of belief
I like
many people for the scientific method and empiricism
Charles Darwin for evolution
Richard Dawkins for memes
Daniel Kahneman cognitive bias
Herbert Simon for bounded rationality
Robert Lifton for thought reform
Jimmy Wales for Wikipedia
Robert Cialdini for Influence
Fisher and Ury for Win Win Negotiation
Alfred Korzybski for map =! territory
Eliezer Yudkowsky for being less wrong about the goodness of the singularity
Daniel Dennett for memes running your locus of control
all of you for being worthy of karma points
I am also looking for new friends in the sf area who like sailing
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I have been an atheist all my life 50 years. If other peoples culture made them believe in god then I suppose mine made me be an atheist and think that it is very important to know right from wrong. I want to know why there are so many believers I suppose there are many reasons such as fitting in with ones family/culture “cognitive miser” dysrationalia wishfull thinking terror management theory thinking that reason and doubt really is the devil in their head memes as a virus or super organism running the show
just not knowing better many many other reasons
Does anyone have any empirical data on what the primary components of belief
I like many people for the scientific method and empiricism Charles Darwin for evolution Richard Dawkins for memes Daniel Kahneman cognitive bias Herbert Simon for bounded rationality Robert Lifton for thought reform Jimmy Wales for Wikipedia Robert Cialdini for Influence Fisher and Ury for Win Win Negotiation Alfred Korzybski for map =! territory Eliezer Yudkowsky for being less wrong about the goodness of the singularity Daniel Dennett for memes running your locus of control all of you for being worthy of karma points
I am also looking for new friends in the sf area who like sailing