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Another take on religion and the brain... - 8/5/2012 6:36:56 PM

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This article describes several studies linking religious belief and a person's preference for intuitive rather than analytical thinking:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-critical-thinkers-lose-faith-god

What say you?

Pam

ETA: Would you say "intuitive thinking" and "narrow-mindedness" are the same, or different?

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RE: Another take on religion and the brain... - 8/5/2012 8:00:57 PM

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ORIGINAL: gungadin09
This article describes several studies linking religious belief and a person's preference for intuitive rather than analytical thinking:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-critical-thinkers-lose-faith-god
What say you?

Pam
ETA: Would you say "intuitive thinking" and "narrow-mindedness" are the same, or different?

I agree that belief/or non-belief is often related to our thinking styles.

I also believe that you have a fair amount of people that think analytically, that ARE Believers.

I tend to be very intuitive, and as a Believer, I agree that faith and intuition TEND to be related.

It takes a lot of faith to even be a Believer.

I totally agree with the premise, that many analytical thinkers are less religious and are often atheists.

It makes perfect sense, doesn't it?

Very interesting and well written article.

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RE: Another take on religion and the brain... - 8/6/2012 3:12:19 PM

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No need to read. Believe something that is not logical, that only means one thing.

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RE: Another take on religion and the brain... - 8/6/2012 5:29:14 PM

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Believe something that is not logical, that only means one thing.

That you're not a Vulcan?

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RE: Another take on religion and the brain... - 8/6/2012 6:47:34 PM

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Fascinating, as Mr. Spock would say.

It doesn't surprise me that analytical folks would be less prone to belief than intuitive ones.

That said, a psychological or social science study always sounds interesting to me at first, but the description of the methodology often erodes my confidence in the conclusions. I have a hard time believing that just looking at a picture of "The Thinker" really has a serious effect on one's beliefs in either direction.

Rather than messing with pictures of artwork or fonts, it would be interesting to take a group of clearly identified believers and nonbelievers and give them Myers-Briggs (or the equivalent) tests to determine their thinking styles.

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RE: Another take on religion and the brain... - 8/6/2012 7:12:34 PM

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