Re:Our Brain Uses Statistics to Calculate Confidence, Make D...
by drumdance on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @08:41PM
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They attempt to give greater meaning to something than the direct observations support.
This is the disease of our time, and all times. Humans are narcissistic. We like to think that whatever we experience is extra-special.
Before he died, the evangelist Jerry Falwell used to say he believed the Antichrist was alive and walking the earth. He believed the second coming was imminent, as did many of his followers.
Think about that for a second. It's been ~2000 years since the supposed resurrection, but now is the time God will pick? Why not any one of the other 100 generations?
This is the disease of our time, and all times. Humans are narcissistic. We like to think that whatever we experience is extra-special.
Before he died, the evangelist Jerry Falwell used to say he believed the Antichrist was alive and walking the earth. He believed the second coming was imminent, as did many of his followers.
Think about that for a second. It's been ~2000 years since the supposed resurrection, but now is the time God will pick? Why not any one of the other 100 generations?