Justin Barrett - Why Would Anyone Believe in God? - Veritas at UC Davis
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- čas přidán 25. 02. 2012
- www.veritas.org/Talks - Ever wonder why you believe or don't believe in something? Come learn about the science of human belief in God from noted researcher and cognitive scientist Dr. Justin Barrett. Barrett focuses on how religious belief is natural (based on its evolutionary advantages and the way human minds work), as well as the implications of these ideas on religious thought. A Q&A session with the audience, moderated by Dr. Bryan Enderle, follows Dr. Barrett's talk.
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Science explains how things work, not why it exist, God is an explanation off why things exist.
What if, science is one of God's designs of wisdom to help people survive on earth. Science itself is no different from other gifts from God, such as his biblical laws, the earth's substances, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Good lecture, thank you Vertias Forum.
I would like someone in this comments thread to show me an example of when they saw information coming from non-existent information.
Great Lecture :)
Excellent lecture
"If our intuitions tell us something, we should give them the benefit of the doubt. We should trust our natural intuitions as innocent until proven guilty."
"We all have certain kinds of cognitive equipment that predisposes us to generating or accepting religious ideas."
I'm impressed with the open minded level Justin displays. I find myself in agreement with just about everything that he says. There are no knows in the arena of God and often believers can't achieve this level of open mindedness. I'm a Scientist bordering a materialist. I see 92 naturally occurring atoms, 4 forces, the subatomic zoo and no reasons to posit the existence of anything supernatural unless it shows up. "Well it comforts me to believe" is not a reason to posit the truth of something. I find Justin's thoughts to be fair minded and well thought through. I'm agnostic. My disconnect from religion and spirituality is that belief has nothing to do with something being true....or false which I like to bring up in scientific circles. This is a guy who can have a seriously intelligent conversation on these ideas and we could use more folks like him in the forums where these ideas are discussed.
ok im with trusting our intuition when it tells us something.But,not until proven guilty. That contradicts my way of life,my religious thought and practice. I have a strong notion that there is a god out there and all these religious activities are therefore given meaning to. however if its just a hunch that horrifies me. Where the hell is my deceased dad going to be in the afterlife? And,is there such a thing as hell or heaven?
I had assumptions about this guy, but he's actually quite reasonable.
Great material, too bad that the gal/guy running the camera was lax in getting shots of what was on the screen. I intend to suggest that my local (Methodist) bible study group use some of his materials. No comment on the quality of the comments on this site.
Cause i have a picture god a spirit
Thumb down because of Harry Potter spoilers. He even thought he was funny saying it.
One of the reasons Born believers as the professor said.
That is correct, but it goes deeper, the majority who believe in such things and believe that it confirms the contents of the bible (Confirmation Bias) leads the majority to negating the effects their actions has on this objective reality, little regard for the death misery and poverty their belief systems are perpetuating, and while I agree their is some good effects of such systems in regards to dealing with emotional problems and giving meaning to ones life, humanity is making an error here.
Why is it that children seem to be especially receptive to religious ideas?
Ah, the old “If there’s no god who wants us to know him, why is seeking god hard-wired into us and adaptive in these here circumstances for us?” argument.
yes, thank you for pointing out the difference between the two. But it still does not negate the reality of the effects that beliefs in a God produce for a society, mainly sanctimonious judgmental people who are out of touch with how their actions and ignorance are destroying the very source for life itself on Earth, philosophies out of touch with reality as it is, place one in a position of powerlessness to deal with reality effectively don't you think?
Barrett and friends infer from the first half of these unexceptionable facts that children are hardwired to believe in a supreme being. Not only does this ignore the evidence from developmental psychology about the second stage of cognitive maturation, but is in itself a very big - and obviously hopeful - jump indeed. Moreover it ignores the fact that large tracts of humankind (the Chinese for a numerous example) have no beliefs in a supreme being, innate or learned, and that most primitive religion is animistic.
Look at all the black bowl-style haircuts! Davis is full of Asians,