Seat belts, and flawed perceptions OP ED
June 24, 2015 at 11:57 am
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2015 at 12:01 pm by Brian37.)
No link, but saw a story on CBS this morning about how taxi customers are less likely to wear a seat belt riding in the back of a cab, while normally in their own car, they would wear it. And that people in general are more likely to wear it in the front of any car and less likely in the back of a car. This is the same type of flawed logic that leads to forming god claims and religions. This literal flawed logic can and does far too often end in harm to self and or others. And of course with the seat belt story, accident data collectors have said for decades that if you don't wear your seat belt your risk of injury or death greatly increases.
For whatever reason, humans under certain conditions come to bad conclusions and make bad decisions out of ignorance. Seat belts save lives so it makes no sense under any conditions not to wear them. And just like seat belts, wearing reason and testing and falsification with good method of observation increases the quality of data and reduces the risk of coming to bad conclusions.
Outside religion, humans are more likely to question their observations. Just like if you went to pick up your paycheck at work, and the boss said "It is an invisible check, the money is invisible, have faith" You know darned well that if you have rent or a mortgage you could use the same excuse to pay for those things.
Our species perceptions of reality are notoriously flawed. We have evolved to overcome those things though. It is when we value facts over feelings, and have the willingness to face the evidence despite our perceptions that we as a species improve our understanding of reality. Just like car companies once fought better safety standards only to end up marketing those safety standards. Scientific method is the seat belt that insures more accurate data.
For whatever reason, humans under certain conditions come to bad conclusions and make bad decisions out of ignorance. Seat belts save lives so it makes no sense under any conditions not to wear them. And just like seat belts, wearing reason and testing and falsification with good method of observation increases the quality of data and reduces the risk of coming to bad conclusions.
Outside religion, humans are more likely to question their observations. Just like if you went to pick up your paycheck at work, and the boss said "It is an invisible check, the money is invisible, have faith" You know darned well that if you have rent or a mortgage you could use the same excuse to pay for those things.
Our species perceptions of reality are notoriously flawed. We have evolved to overcome those things though. It is when we value facts over feelings, and have the willingness to face the evidence despite our perceptions that we as a species improve our understanding of reality. Just like car companies once fought better safety standards only to end up marketing those safety standards. Scientific method is the seat belt that insures more accurate data.
