Annoying Irrationalities

Basically threads that some annoying irrationalities about GOd. What I mean by irrationalities, I mean clearly jumping to conclusions and not sorting out the other possibilities: Chance and Complexity.
http://www.filipinofreethinkers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=1329


The Telelogical Argument is very strong argument of WANTING there to be god. Concepts like Order, design etc. are very relative and are human measures and descriptions. The arguments lists these things and say - There must have been a designer... As a history buff, shit that happened in history just happened because a couple of factors got together and BOOM. Same thing can be said with chemistry and the artificial of RNA

Also it LEAPS into assuming we are or we have been the only life. As scientists figure out that life is not that special, there is a chance many times it has occurred and possibly of greater complexity than our own.

Cognitive Biases at play, and must be accounted for or eliminated in order to make a more rational argument. In this case, "The greatest show on earth" by Richard Dawkins does it very succintly, he writes with keeping in mind not only justify every point, but to have many other elements to support it.

Confirmation bias – the tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions
Congruence bias – the tendency to test hypotheses exclusively through direct testing, in contrast to tests of possible alternative hypotheses.
Experimenter's or Expectation bias – the tendency for experimenters to believe, certify, and publish data that agree with their expectations for the outcome of an experiment, and to disbelieve, discard, or downgrade the corresponding weightings for data that appear to conflict with those expectations.
Focusing effect – the tendency to place too much importance on one aspect of an event; causes error in accurately predicting the utility of a future outcome
Ambiguity effect – the tendency to avoid options for which missing information makes the probability seem "unknown
Anchoring effect – the tendency to rely too heavily, or "anchor," on a past reference or on one trait or piece of information when making decisions (also called "insufficient adjustment").
Attentional bias – the tendency to neglect relevant data when making judgments of a correlation or association. Very selective on sources regarding experts in Cosmology.
Pareidolia – a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) is perceived as significant, e.g., seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon, and hearing hidden messages on records played in reverse.
Subadditivity effect – the tendency to judge probability of the whole to be less than the probabilities of the parts.
Subjective validation – perception that something is true if a subject's belief demands it to be true. Also assigns perceived connections between coincidences.
Attribute substitution – making a complex, difficult judgement by unconsciously substituting an easier judgement
A successful skeptic breaks certainty to pieces, all we really have are emotional and irrational notions of what is true... its better honest with ourselves about it than delusional.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Technically I'm done with the project

no charter . after learning what a charter is and because they don't work with a charter I'll never do a project without it. A charter is a written agreement with a project sponsor/employer/ in what outputs to be expected and what points are needed to consider a project done. I've never worked with a character before and was continually frustrated and depressed because of constant revisions and fluctuating tastes and expectations. I'd rather be thought of a total prick than to destroy my life working without a charter. This comes up because, when technically my dad removed me from the website project I'm being asked to arrange it again. This fuels my wishes, not to mention memories of unbearable depressions, to really leave the company I just joined in 2 months. Honestly, I'm here cause my parents want me. They can't make me want this job. I was doing well in the 3d artist track, I was poor but well, less stressed and still hopeful of my future. Personally,
Read more

Gurps Mysteries

A really great GM book . If there was Game Mastering for Dummies (not just for DnD or GURPS ), Gurps Mysteries is the next level of Advanced Game Mastering. This is where the players grow up a little, they are not as interested in Hack and Slash anymore and they begin to lean on a more cerebral challenge. One of the best elements of this books is how to communicate clearly to your players through clues and hints in the game. Despite its focus on mystery, this books i great for any intrigue. Eventually mastering these technqies, format, and story telling will allow for games to have a very clear and sophisticated finish. An art onto itself, and not just a game. Of course the most important element is having fun. Fun is when you and the players are on the same page no matter what you throw at them to challenge their characters and give them a chance to shine. Filled with too much information . I'm excited at what I learned about armor smithing in the early Renaissance and late
Read more

330mg of Caffeine will do the trick

Ok i got a grande brewed coffee and put 8-10 packets of brown sugar thats about 155 calories. This is twice the amount of Caffeine i get from my 2 shots of espresso in the morning with 4 teaspoons of brown sugar. How do i feel... Better! although my face is reeling from the bitter after taste of the coffee. good coffee is really sour going down and really bitter after. The intense sugar tends to make the sourness taste fruity. Anyway, my is elevated and I'm a bit hyper but i am able to control that better these days. The tons of notebook and the emotional intelligence studies help. Particularly when i've broken down most of my peculiarities and the way I think. Heck, I think i can make an entire wiki based on how I'd react to certain things. It would be very revealing and transparent of me, and of course like the anything so vulnerable subject to abuse when falling in the wrong hands. I have to email, a friend back some airsoft details.
Read more