The Negative Relationship between Reasoning and Religiosity Is Underpinned by a Bias for Intuitive Responses Specifically When Intuition and Logic Are in Conflict

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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Let me guess: The CIA helped them find this.

This fact is simpler put in two sentences:

Human decisions are ruled at about 85%-95% by their unconsciousness. (Conscious decisions take too much time to derive, simply put in a nutshell)

When in question: Your "impulses" are what keeps you alive, that is why they are so strong and so hard to control. ("Reptile brain", "amygdala", "emotions", whatever you want to call them)

The problem of this millennium with this mechanism in humans though is:

It continuously gets hacked by some algorithm to hijack your attention and nudge your opinion as soon as you open any app or device itself.

"Usability" is label fraud in 90% of cases to nudge users and extort further behavioral data from them. (To train algorithms, hacking them)

That is, what we should be talking about.

It has gotten so far with this, that some young folks aren't able to concentrate on one thing for more than 30 seconds. Even more concerning should be that some folks believe literally everything when they see it in a video.

The ability to seriously question things is under constant shelling by "smart"-devices, as is mean attention-span itself.

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    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    A lot of behavioral patterns work like this: It is totally simple and fast, but often paradox nonetheless. It either is endlessly repeated or hard-coded automatism.

    When I use "unconsciousness" I don't mean it in a Freudian sense. Not this triadic thing, he used.

    It rather is these evolutionary considered "older" parts of our brain. Like medulla and amygdala. They rule us. When things happen fast.

    It's decisions happening (like judgements) faster than we as human beings are able to think about them.

    We tend to judge other things very fast by four criteria from "experience":

    1. Can I eat it ?

    2. Can I fuck it ?

    3. Can it fuck with me ?

    4. Can I die from confronting it ?

    If you e.g. had some serious and ongoing pain from eating something once in your life, you don't "really" think about eating it again. Or do you ?

    Because the memory of the painful experience overrides your thoughts about it very strong. At least at first.

    The same applies to belief: History has proven countless times that people are able to murder for their beliefs and prejudices. They often then even believe this to be a good thing. Some even in hindsight. Beliefs can be very strong, no matter how much bs they contain.

    And since we never completely can separate the message from the messenger or vice versa... these things happening isn't so surprising.

    Our own evolution can't go in the same velocity that people exploiting our behavior can go.

    [–]Canbot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

    It is well established that religiosity correlates inversely with intelligence.

    I stopped reading here. This is a lie and makes it clear this is nothing more than political slander. The left is so pathetic.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

    Many many peer-reviewed studies have confirmed this statistical fact, and none have showed any result but this

    [–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    (((Peer reviewed))) 🤣 Just like all the papers saying ivermectin doesn't work, men can be women, the ice caps will all melt by 2020 and new York will be under water.

    When is enough enough? Is there no limit to your cognitive dissonance?

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Just like all the papers saying ivermectin doesn't work,

    There are over 100 peer reviewed studies saying Ivermectin DOES work, and only a handful saying it doesn't, I challenge you to find even one showing religious people do not have statistically lower IQs

    [–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    How retarded are you to think it is logical to expect corrupt journals to carry research that contradicts the Jewish narratives?

    The very fact that all of the stupidest beliefs today are pushed by anti religion leftists is all the proof any reasonable person needs.

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    The very fact that all of the stupidest beliefs today are pushed by anti religion leftists is all the proof any reasonable person needs.

    This surely is a troll post 😂

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    tl;dr

    The non-religious groups consistently outperforms the religious group across cognitive tasks in both studies

    Mmmmmmm 😎

    [–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Non religious groups can't define woman. They are clearly not more intelligent. If you can't see through this blatant propaganda you are particularly stupid.

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    They are communists, therefore they are religious.

    [–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Never fuck with a redneck bible thumper. They think they are blessed by God to kill you if you do.