The Watchmaker: my fav argument

[polymath257]

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. (If I come across the study again I'll link it.)

I'm curious if a similar dichotomy would be found for finding agency.