tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post4841159961104391139..comments2023-06-24T01:15:34.627-07:00Comments on The Skeptic Zone: im-skepticalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-36473069839561209332017-03-20T10:29:52.954-07:002017-03-20T10:29:52.954-07:00I had a typo in my "Someone is wrong on the i...I had a typo in my "Someone is wrong on the internet" acronym, which, of course, meant that I was 'wrong on the internet'.jdhueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548783175350394626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-74579431543387619912017-03-19T21:44:57.238-07:002017-03-19T21:44:57.238-07:00Is that self-referential or just meta?
I'm no...<i>Is that self-referential or just meta?</i><br /><br />I'm not quite sure what you mean by that.im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-11150721212300464702017-03-19T20:53:45.025-07:002017-03-19T20:53:45.025-07:00Is that self-referential or just meta?Is that self-referential or just meta?jdhueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548783175350394626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-32082755131255764682017-03-19T20:46:34.684-07:002017-03-19T20:46:34.684-07:00that is suppose to be 'SIWOTI'.that is suppose to be 'SIWOTI'.jdhueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548783175350394626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-20289546829709865522017-03-19T20:44:14.381-07:002017-03-19T20:44:14.381-07:00Other than to assuage my SIWOTE syndrome, the main...Other than to assuage my SIWOTE syndrome, the main reason that I visit religious websites is as a challenge to my own cognitive biases. I figure that if I can bring myself to understand their point of view (even if I disagree with it) then that is at least a step toward overcoming my own biases. But, then again, I'm rather partial to my own baises.jdhueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548783175350394626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-45157058816376053572017-03-19T18:35:45.185-07:002017-03-19T18:35:45.185-07:00This relates to another discussion I was recently ...This relates to another discussion I was recently involved in. It's about cognitive bias. Yes, we all have this, and it comes in many forms. Ideology is a major source of cognitive bias, and religion is a major form of ideology. There are many religious people who are very intelligent, but they suffer from this huge source of cognitive bias. This explains their lack of ability see alternatives to the religious story line.<br /><br />And in the case of JP Holding, it explains why he thinks everyone else is stupid.<br />im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-81620409810983959612017-03-19T14:50:55.350-07:002017-03-19T14:50:55.350-07:00I've always had a problem with any discussion ...I've always had a problem with any discussion of a persona intelligence (or lack thereof) - mainly because the concept of intelligence is so hard to pin down. IQ tests measure the thing that they measure but that may not be what we intuitively call intelligence. <br /><br />I also dislike bringing a participants intelligence into a discussion about the truth or falsehood of a proposition because a very smart person can be wrong and a dumb one can be right. However, there are certain mental processes that are associated with intelligence that our religious compatriots do seem to be sorely lacking in. One, in particular, is a seemingly, limited amount of imagination toward things that they don't believe. Our friends over a Dangerous Idea, just don't seem capable of imagining how the world, as we see it now, could come about by only natural processes. <br /><br />The discussions about the Crucifixion and the Resurrection show a severe lack of ability to imagine plausible alternatives to the official religious story line. The real problem is that there are so few actual historical facts from that period that there are too many plausible alternatives and no way to decide between them. jdhueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548783175350394626noreply@blogger.com