No room for humor at all. I live and work in a community close to CalTech, JPL and NASA. One would be surprised at the number of steely mind scientist, with high IQ's, who believe in God. Not so much like the Pence, who believes true believers have a personal relationship with God through Christ, but they believe in one much more a higher power, or grand designer. Many of them even go to church, synagogue or temple. But, then as the article I linked yesterday, and just now points out, we believe what we want to believe and choose or reject any evidence that goes against it. So, some people choose to believe in God, while others choose not to believe in God. I enjoy listening to those, who are willing to tell me, how they came to believe or disbelieve, and I find their reasoning, either way, makes a lot of sense. One develops a personal connection, even perhaps for a brief moment in time, with the other when doing so. Funny how that doesn't happen when we are judging one another based on their beliefs, faith or lack of faith.
Anyway, today we're in for the second installment, and there may be hope: "So while data is important for uncovering the truth, it is not enough for convincing people of that truth.
We should not, however, be discouraged. The solution, I believe, is not to fight the way our brain works, but to go along with it. We should take our biases into account and use them when trying to convey our truth.
How exactly can we do that?
This is the first in a two-part op-ed by Tali Sharot. The second part will follow Thursday."
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