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Recent content by Forkie

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    Fascinating experiment

    I've found someone else who's uploaded it to YouTube. The quality is poor in comparison to the last one, but it's better than nowt. YouTube - shorteylove's Channel The experiment is in the same place: about 7:35 of part 5.
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    Fascinating experiment

    It seems this video has been removed from YouTube within the last 24 hrs. Bummer, what are the chances?
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    Is faith pre-wired, learned, or something else?

    Yes, you're right. I guess to have a fear of something other than death itself, you need to have a learned pre-conception of something.
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    Fascinating experiment

    Just thought I'd bring this to the attention of those who didn't have the fortune of watching it when it aired in the UK a few weeks ago. The BBC's "Horizons" has been going for many years and concentrates on scientific topics ranging from black holes to ageing to economics and they did this...
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    Natural selection vs intelligence

    Because us humans are hunters. We need forward pointing eyes which give us binocular vision so we can judge distance. An antelope on the other hand, has eyes on the side of its head, allowing it to see all the way round, front and back, which is as good as having eyes in the back of its head...
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    Is faith pre-wired, learned, or something else?

    Irrational fear, such as a phobia is learned, but the fear of imminent death is inane and is why anyone, or indeed anything, panics when faced with it.
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    Is faith pre-wired, learned, or something else?

    I disagree with this. Fear is pre-wired. It is essential for survival, engaging the fight or flight response. Not only is it pre-wired in humans, but in all creatures.
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    Is faith pre-wired, learned, or something else?

    That's assuming a deity exists. Someone who does not have faith cannot be chosen by a deity.
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    A dilema

    Michel, Today is Valentine's day: TAKE THAT WOMAN OUT! (Your wife, I mean...)
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    Is Good the Absence of Evil?

    I've never actually considered this problem in either direction, this is the first time I've really thought about it. Am I automatically doing good, because I'm not doing evil? Perhaps both good and evil are branches away from "the norm". I'm sitting here looking on the internet. Am I doing...
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    listen to the QURAN

    Well, that's that, then.
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    Is faith pre-wired, learned, or something else?

    I agree, either our arguments are slightly misaligned with each other's, or we are not simply not understanding each other! I enjoy your posts though. They make me think harder! But in answer to your new point: I think it's because up until the last 100 or so of the last 2000 years, people...
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    What would happen if all religions were right?

    Truth is not relative. That completely contradicts the very definition of the word.
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    Is faith pre-wired, learned, or something else?

    Yes I do. We are hard-wired with the ability to learn to speak, but not with the inclination to do so. Our brain capacity allows us to believe in something, and to speak, but it is not what our brains evolved to do.
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    Is faith pre-wired, learned, or something else?

    Sorry, this response does not compute.
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