[extropy-chat] Atheism etc.

[Hara Ra]

Yes, there was a point where I got tired of disproving the irrational 
supernaturality which is so common, and finally asked the questions:

         why?
         que bono?

In the perspective of evolutionary psychology and sociobiology it became 
very clear. Add the discovery by Penfield (the surgeon whose operations led 
to the discovery of hemispherical differences) of a location within the 
sylvan fold which when stimulated resulted in patient experiences very 
similiar to NDE reports) and we come to a physical structure in the brain 
for generating these. And to top it all off, remember evolution selects for 
survival and reproductive success...... All of the arguments here are easy 
to deduce, hard to refute, and fits the scientific materialist pov 
extremely well.

The really interesting point is that if it is physical, then it's nano, and 
therefore subject to design and engineering. The few kinds of altered 
states which are of sufficent benefit for our Monkey Brains is a small 
subset of what may be possible. I hope to become an artist in this medium. 
(pun noted)

>Yes, "God" DOES exist - as an idea in the minds of certain people.
>
>I suppose this makes me an Occamist :-(
>(Or a Razorite)
>
>ben

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