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Re:Religious fervour is migrating into politics by bavell on Sunday March 28, 2021 @01:19PM (#26612154)
> "overzealous agent detection"

Great way to put it, definitely going to steal this one!

Our brain's pattern recognition circuits are highly developed and we like to anthropomorphize. Tens of thousands of years ago with a lack of scientific knowledge, who else but the gods could we have pointed to in order to explain the world around us?

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Re:Religious fervour is migrating into politics by paulryanrogers on Sunday March 28, 2021 @01:34PM (#26612284)
FWIW, "agent detection" is an established concept[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_detection

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Re:Religious fervour is migrating into politics by millipedegears on Sunday March 28, 2021 @03:00PM (#26613122)
Current scientific thinking suggests that we do not even exist - our sense that we are a conscious self that makes choices - is only an illusion.
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