RE: [split]Science saved my soul.
December 3, 2010 at 8:55 am
(This post was last modified: December 3, 2010 at 9:00 am by Justtristo.)
(November 4, 2010 at 4:02 am)ib.me.ub Wrote: I have a question: at point 6:23 the commentator speaks of an experience.
Until we can explain this experience using words, how will we ever manage to convince people who are religious, that it is something else, that can be explained with Science.
Can you see the problem?
If the experience cannot be defined correctly, how do you explain it?
A lot of humans (some don't although, including myself) have a well developed theory of mind, which lead generally to a teleological explanation for phenomenon. I suspect it was one of the causes in the development of deities and religion, good books which explains this development in some detail are Breaking the Spell by Daniel Dennett and The Evolution of God by Robert Wright.
Even in our supposedly modern societies where science has done a great job in explaining the workings of the universe, a lot of people will give a teleological explanation for phenomenon. Very few people don't have this mindset and attribute all phenomenon to totally naturalistic causes.
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