Jzyehoshua writes:
'Can' is a Weasel Word like maybe or perhaps, and doesn't really show anything. The computer in front of you 'can' blow up or someone drive a car through your living room, yet neither statement really indicates probability.
Wrong. It says that the probability is greater than zero.
(I note your own use of the weasel word 'really'.)
We would need to read the paper to know what the actual value is.
But your implied suggestion that [paraphrasing] "since the headline uses the word 'can' therefore the odds are near zero" is baseless.
Jzyehoshua writes:
It's all circumstantial and depends to what extent one's religious belief or faith was founded on conviction from honest examination of the evidence as opposed to brainwashed ignorance.
...and also how much analytical thinking they are encouraged to do.
Jzyehoshua writes:
Religion like political beliefs or any kind of major worldview is too often the result of second-hand information where people simply rely on someone else to do their thinking rather than considering the evidence for themselves and reaching their own conclusions.
Analytic thinking would help them overcome this, yes?
Because there is a paper being published in Science regarding how analytical thinking causes a decrease in religious belief.
I think it agrees with your opinion that religious views are too often the result of inaccurate thinking.
Edited by Panda, : No reason given.
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