RE: Brain rejects negativity
October 10, 2011 at 5:15 pm
(This post was last modified: October 10, 2011 at 5:16 pm by Welsh cake.)
Yes, sadly there are people who deny real-world atrocities and disasters out there. They've shut themselves off in their own little worlds. Several of my colleagues at work simply cannot cope if they hear any story or news item where there was any loss of life, whatever the cause, from 9/11 to world wars they "shut down" and blot out the information, rather than confront reality head-on. Decent respectable people would acknowledge what happened and pay respects to those who are no longer with us, or at least be a little constructive and help victims' families affected by said events. Interesting mindsets these individuals have.
(October 10, 2011 at 4:36 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I think this helps explain why religion is so prevalent and why people think it's 'so obvious' that god exists. Their brain rejects the idea that their life is meaningless beyond what purpose they can themselves can create.Indeed, it seems most humans are, according to proponents of neurotheology, 'hardwired for religion' within this aspect of their genetic makeup. It may have something to do with the evolution of the brain in that, irrationality and people's preferences for superstitious beliefs were necessary to help keep the majority's emotions in check. Religious beliefs seem to keep their egocentricity appeased, or at least give it an outlet, in a reality where we're without inherent purpose and crushingly insignificant in the face of the cosmos, otherwise without these, we as a species would almost certainly destroy ourselves.
