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Belief in God, Critical Thinking Butt Heads
When pushed to think in a more rational way, people experience a dip in their religious beliefs, found a new study. Simply looking at pictures of Rodin’s sculpture “The Thinker,” for example, was enough to make people less likely to agree with statements like, “Nothing is as important to me as serving God as best I know how.”
The effects were subtle, and encouraging critical thought is unlikely to destroy anyone’s faith. But the findings suggest that rational analysis interacts with gut instinct in the brain to help distinguish between people who believe fully in God and those who abandon religion.
“This could help people take a broader approach to debates about whether religion is true or not, and realize that subtle cognitive differences might be influencing where people end up on that debate,” said Will Gervais, a social psychologist at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, who added that understanding why some people are more religious than others doesn’t say anything about who’s right.
Photo: Rodin’s sculpture, The Thinker, in Paris, France. Getty Images
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Belief in God, Critical Thinking Butt Heads
When pushed to think in a more rational way, people experience a dip in their religious beliefs, found a new study. Simply looking at pictures of Rodin’s sculpture “The Thinker,” for example, was enough to make people less likely to agree with statements like, “Nothing is as important to me as serving God as best I know how.”
The effects were subtle, and encouraging critical thought is unlikely to destroy anyone’s faith. But the findings suggest that rational analysis interacts with gut instinct in the brain to help distinguish between people who believe fully in God and those who abandon religion.
“This could help people take a broader approach to debates about whether religion is true or not, and realize that subtle cognitive differences might be influencing where people end up on that debate,” said Will Gervais, a social psychologist at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, who added that understanding why some people are more religious than others doesn’t say anything about who’s right.
Photo: Rodin’s sculpture, The Thinker, in Paris, France. Getty Images
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Synthetic DNA Created, Evolves on Its Own
Step aside, DNA—new synthetic compounds called XNAs can also store and copy genetic information, a new study says.And, in a “big advancement,” these artificial compounds can also be made to evolve in the lab, according to study co-author John Chaput of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. Read More
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