(June 10, 2011 at 8:04 am)Andrastos Wrote: "What effects are you referring to?"
Resentment of religious views
Racism in general
Fear of death
Fear of getting old
Fear of pain
Love for music
Love for art
Love for Love
Grief of lost ones
Greif of seeing the forests destroyed
Greif of war
Grief of seeing the slaughter of whales
Greif of seeing others in grief
Compassion for others when they feel pain
Anger of stupidity
All these have been linked to chemical reactions in the brain. Like love for example: Chemicals responsible for love - testosterone, estrogen, dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, oxytocin, and vasopressin.
Neuroscience explains in detail how we feel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affective_neuroscience
What do you have to say that it has any connection with this "soul" you speak of?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
