RE: The Watchmaker: my fav argument
March 8, 2021 at 8:25 pm
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2021 at 8:26 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(March 8, 2021 at 8:18 pm)polymath257 Wrote: This is relevant because people like to attribute aspects of the universe to agency when there is no actual evidence of agency there. So they tend to default to the concept of a God in a way similar to how we default to seeing faces in clouds.
I agree with you fully. In fact, I vaguely remember research a few years ago in which "noise" was presented to theists and atheists and they were asked to determine which ones had faces. The conclusion was that theists tend to overestimating the presence of faces; but atheists tend to underestimate them.
In other words, a theist might see faces where there are none. But an atheist might miss a face where there is one. So it's important to note there are cliffs on both sides of the aisle. (If I come across the study again I'll link it.)