Most of the time I prefer to spend my free time lazing on the couch, watching re-runs of ELR or just lazing on the couch. Period. But every once in a while, I can rouse myself sufficiently enough to be able to read articles like this, instead of my usual fare, which is this.
So, their conclusions thus far appear to be:
1). Practising religion makes people happy.
And they need PET scans to come up with that conclusion? Just go to a satsang or something dudes!
2). Living in a religious commune increases cooperation.
Huh! I believe that like I believe this! Actually, I stand corrected. Lots of cooperation happened there!
3). Reminding people of God makes them altruistic.
Umm. Maybe. But I bet if you showed them a picture of a starving child, you would have gotten similar results. Not that I'm suggesting comparing apples and oranges. Just saying.
4). Scaring people with ghost stories makes them less liable to cheat.
Dumbfounded!
My favorite sentence in the entire article:
Exactly what Dr Norenzayan has discovered here is not clear.
Nice.
In the meanwhile my lab struggles to get funding. And all we want to do is cure cancer and understand ageing. Whatever!
I'm going back to my staple diet pronto. I was made for mirth and not matter, anyway.
So, their conclusions thus far appear to be:
1). Practising religion makes people happy.
And they need PET scans to come up with that conclusion? Just go to a satsang or something dudes!
2). Living in a religious commune increases cooperation.
Huh! I believe that like I believe this! Actually, I stand corrected. Lots of cooperation happened there!
3). Reminding people of God makes them altruistic.
Umm. Maybe. But I bet if you showed them a picture of a starving child, you would have gotten similar results. Not that I'm suggesting comparing apples and oranges. Just saying.
4). Scaring people with ghost stories makes them less liable to cheat.
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