Implicit Pattern Learning

[Fool]

Evidently pattern learning at a subconscious level predicts a belief in god.

So repetition is a big thing in science, these subjects could actually detect a pattern on a subconscious level. Those who aren't good at pattern learning tend not to believe in god(s)

So are god(s) intuitively known?

Is god a feeling in the gut?

Implicit pattern learning predicts individual differences in belief in God in the United States and Afghanistan | Nature Communications

 

[icehorse]

Hence the MASSIVE amounts of repetition in scripture and preachments. There is a lot of indoctrination going on, much of it at an early age.

 

[dybmh]

So are god(s) intuitively known?

Yes, The creator, creation archetype begins at birth between parent and child.

 

[Fool]

Yes, The creator, creation archetype begins at birth between parent and child.

its my understanding that parents have nothing to do with it. children who have high implicit pattern learning and atheist parents are still going to predominantly believe in god(s).


children who have low implicit pattern learning and religious parents aren't going to necessarily believe in god(s).

 

[PearlSeeker]

So are god(s) intuitively known?

Yes - for some people. Maybe preincarnative bias?

Interesting study. I've also read it.

"A brain that is more predisposed to implicit pattern learning may be more inclined to believe in a god no matter where in the world that brain happens to find itself, or in which religious context."

 

[dybmh]

its my understanding that parents have nothing to do with it. children who have high implicit pattern learning and atheist parents are still going to predominantly believe in god(s).


children who have low implicit pattern learning and religious parents aren't going to necessarily believe in god(s).

And yet, the parent-child metaphor is included in most theistic belief systems.

Question, is belief in god common among theoretical mathematicians? If not then maybe there's more to it than innate pattern recognition faculty.

 

[Heyo]

I found a pattern: All odd numbers are prime.
3 is prime
5 is prime
7 is prime
9 OK, we'll ignore this one
11 is prime
13 is prime
I think that's prove enough.

With an over enthusiastic pattern learning and a little disregard for facts one can see dragons in the clouds, Jesus in a dogs behind and god in the trees.