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Finding Patterns
Pattern Is religion just the brain seeing patterns in things? Human beings have a tendency to attach supernatural meanings to everyday phenomena. Seeing faces in clouds (pareidolia), believing there is a pattern in random events (like in gambling), or confirmation… Continue reading
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Believing in Nothing
No one believes in a God who does nothing,” G. K. Chesterton Something rather than nothing It seems obvious to me that something, rather than nothing, created the universe. Proving it, however, is extremely difficult, if not impossible. It is… Continue reading
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How to find truth in the chaos of modern life
A belief is an energy-saving shortcut the brain uses to predict its environment. A fact is a thing that can be externally verified as being proven or true. Three chords and the truth When songwriter Harlan Howard coined the phrase:… Continue reading
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