[ExI] evading cognitive dissonance (was Re: Human extinction)

[Stathis Papaioannou]

2008/8/19 Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>:

> <http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=243>How the Public Resolves Conflicts
> Between Faith and Science
> DAVID MASCI, Senior Research Fellow - Pew Research
>
> When asked what they would do if scientists were to disprove a particular
> religious belief, nearly two-thirds (64%) of people say they would continue
> to hold to what their religion teaches rather than accept the contrary
> scientific finding, according to the results of an October 2006 Time
> magazine poll.

Faith: the ability to knowingly believe a lie.




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Stathis Papaioannou