Psychology is about the epiphanic coalescence of all illusions, impressions, thoughts, scientific data and genetic predispositions that make up a life - a psychological profile if you will. The non-truths are as important as the truths, as we can't even know if our truths will be disproven tomorrow. People who put too much trust in scientific truth haven't understood their Nietzsche.
It's too stupid if you argue which one is better, Physics or Psychology, kids. You must realize they are all science. Each one is supplement for other..
@lotusbubu I disagree, I can definetly say, in my opinion, that some studies are far more useful than others. For example, decoding the human genome is more worthwhile than
dailytelegraph :worst-experiments-of-all-time
In the real world you have to realize that experiments cost money and you can't just say that they are all equal and not make distinctions, even if you philosophically think that they are equal.
Physics is not greater than psychology. They're too different things. Using the anecdotal evidence of "my brain hurts more after a physics video" is retarded. If anything, I foresee psychology merging with the physiological disciplines once we have enough information to go on. And that's what psychology is doing for us. Providing the variables and experimenting on how the brain uses the information to allow behavior.
@Logos612 *two different things. Well-thought-out, meaningful points in your reply are rendered invalid. You really should have waited to misspell something until the end.
@Yareb1 Wow, that's so clever of you (sarcasm). My points are what they are without the grammar mistake. I graduated from college, and took lots of english. I could sit here and tell you that "well-thought-out" means you're obviously fishing to get me to correct you (but you're actually grammatically correct), so I'll just say you're a douchebag and move on with my life.
i don't like how people look down on psychology. and i say that as a physicist/biologist.
to me psychology is the counterpart to neurobiology, in the end just another science investigating the brain. more primitive (meaning there is less need of highly advanced technology) but still useful. but it seems that in the end even science-related people are nothing more than ordinary, premature monkeys.
"my science/god/whatever is much better than yours. i can't prove it but it's true."
Any decision to be made depends on three things: 1. Time Available 2. Knowledge 3. Cognitive Ability. It really depends on the individual to weigh in these factors each time and act accordingly. Else, they fall into the hard-wired instinct of intuition
@VisCreed I study physics and all of the people that I have encountered have been very social and friendly. In modern physics most projects are collaborative and you have to have good social skills.
@mufc4everch I disagree. Understanding how the mind works is very important for my quest to understand artificial neural networks. A year ago this would have sounded like mumbo jumbo to me, but maybe you ought to slow down and think about it ;)
@hatemf23 Physics describes the universe (using the cosmic language of mathematics) and through its study we expose many questions which are just as deep as those in philosophy.
I do think that studying the mind is a worthwhile endevaour, in fact I was at a seminar on computational neuroscience a few days ago and I found it quite interesting. However, there is a big difference between neuroscience and psychology and I think that that needs to be recognized.
Same big money that endows science also endows religion. Big apparently-gets-stupider-every-day, has-money-harvesting-cycles-with-essential-indefinite-stupid-phases-in-it greedy manipulative scheming collaborative money. Enjoy!!!
The universe started from immaculate nothingness, then came massive inflation, then it was announced everything's controlled by strings, then puppets started realizing that the universal BS level was off the charts; some of the puppets embraced it, because they were flexible in a cheesy way, maybe extremely conscious of environmental harmonies, or it was a big source of pride in the extended family.
Confidence can also be the mark of someone like a politician presenting an argument by just following the elements of narration without serious thinking.
So when there is a complicated decision to make, think carefully about which choice to make and try to get as much information as possible regarding that decision? Don't trust "feelings" in complex decision making? Goodness, where would we be without this guy?! I sure hope millions of dollars were spent to arrive that this revolutionary conclusion. BLOWN AWAY!
I just hope that it was (your comprehension isn't a strength). He won a nobel prize in economics for his work in behavioral economics/ decision theory. His findings were published in "duh" magazine, and were genuinely interesting to stupid people across the world. We need to start pumping millions if not billions of dollars into establishing the truth of what amounts to cliches and platitudes for smart people who have more than a high school education.
No, I wouldn't be. All one need do is look around...at, say, the global economy and how we arrived at the second great depression. Apparently, it has nothing to do with intelligence, either. Consumer spending trends. It's not bad advice, but it's not particularly interesting.
@Khuno2 Not uniquely , but while the U.S is the most scientifically advanced country and has some of the smartest people it has a frightening large number of people who are below being and imbecile,cmon you admit it
@Khuno2 Yes, I know that, but america really is contaminated with illiterate rednecks, you might not be one of them. Dont say that other countries are too, I know okay? Nontheless it is america with the least ,for example, college degrees within the range of developed countries..
@Khuno2 Way to miss the point. He was talking about how it is important to think and gauge situations for yourself without relying on your own first instinct and without relying on others. The only one you can trust is yourself after you have gained expertise in a particular field.
too bad most people don't really grasp the concept of that. formal educational system doesn't help here either. people tend to just form behavioural patterns and/or squeeze pre-made ones into every situation as a shortcut. and society is happy to provide an entire bag of those patterns, without much of the explanation of how they come to be, for people not really interested in pondering about uncomfortable details.
good intentions don't save from ignorance and self-deceit.
@Khuno2 Whenever science verifies an intuitive result, people have this ridiculous facetious attitude about it, like the research was useless. Sometimes "intuitive" ideas are wrong, but in this case they are right. We can't know which is which without doing careful research. Being a sarcastic ass isn't useful.
And yet it was. And it's not intuitive. A lot of people don't "feel" that they shouldn't trust their immediate instincts in decision making (forget about complex decision making). Instinct is a poor truth tracker, and yet we still see sociopathic investment bankers making grossly irresponsible bets with other people's money, and successful politicians who appeal to the illiterate great unwashed with nothing but emotional hot air. Dutch tulips, too human.
i think fast and act with precision i am my own god with many others only untill the end all of me and you will become one god again..and my gut gets treated godly like compared to those unfortunate people who live in poverty i wish i could help my fellow gods to over come any obsticale "cant spell" eat some acid and you will understand that what you think is real is your own reality
I read his book, "Thinking Fast and Slow". Full of simple little experiments that show the same truth over and over again: we're not as smart as we think we are.
@MrNormanFire If you can't get a child to understand it you don't know what you're talking about- to paraphrase one of my favorite physicists, Dick Feynman
@Stek65, i don't understand why you used "religious person" as a example in the comment below. Im not religious but 1+1=2... Go back to whenever you want. Cavemen...1+1= 2, Julius caesar 1+1= 2, civil war 1+1= 2, 2012 1+1=2...so free thinkers think 1+1=3? I don't understand where your going at with this.
@hbones2009@Stek65 is trying to say is that a religious person usually follows a strict set of moral guidelines and is told how things are through a book and has to accept these things blindly or else would not be religious. So a religious person who is told 1+1=2 by some leader of their religion(hypothetically) accepts that 1+1=2 without question, while a free thinker would ask 'why does 1+1=2?' and after having that answered then uses their judgement to decide if 1+1=2
@MusicbyWordPlay A religious individual can also think critically. Using the sum analogy, one's religion would state 1+1=2, but it is then up to the religious individual to research about that statement. Eventually, one would come to the same conclusion as the teachings of religion. In another sense however, there are some details that a religious person must accept blindly (empirically speaking); absolute truths such as the hereafter and the definate existence of God.
@bbmcars i was explaining someone else's comment not expressing my own views, i believe the comment i explained was in poor context but has some truth in it and you seem to agree in that regard. I don't doubt that you can be a critical thinker and be religious and i dont doubt there are some of the like, i just believe the trend is that ignorant people who dont care to think for themselves use religion as an excuse for their ignorance.i think ppl too often see religion as the cause for ignorance
@hbones2009 He's talking about accepting things that we think are obvious truths at face value because someone else has told you it's true. How do you know 1+1=2? Empirically we can define individual objects into sets. ie. define what an apple is, take a single apple, add another apple, and then define the result as two apples. It's evidence based. Most religious claims are based on taking a 'truth' at face value (an a priori truth) so to speak without demonstrable evidence.
I don't really get what he's saying. I mean it seems like regular stuff I already know, but I'm not sure. What it makes me think of is that, mainly when debating, you must give yourself time to think, so it's pretty unfair to give someone a new topic and immediately want an answer.
He took an interesting topic but presented it in a way that made it seem rather dry. This is the very reason why I did not enjoy doing my Psychology degree.
It's unfortunate that many people interchange the words 'gut' and 'god' as if that feeling inside of them is some materialization of gods word. It's not god, it's your gut, and it's often wrong!
@AtomFA Thanks for making religion that bit more intolerant. You really are a credit to humanity and your religion, doing them a great favour showing everyone how bad, intolerant and disgusting you and your religious affiliation is.
@bertt646 Religion is a broad term but besides that atomfa didnt claim a religious denomination/affiliation...so in other words he could be a diest or theist and if hes a thiest then that would make you look bad.But i somewhat agree with him that it is pretty annoying to see the same old secular humanist rants on every video that i watch relating to science,its as if ridiculing someones belief in a supreme being is acceptable.Tollerence is a two way street my friend.
Ridiculing is different from pointing out fallacies and illogicality in religion. Telling someone they are wrong, and then trying to explain to them why you think they are wrong is advice, regardless of subject. How ever banning gay marriage, stifling scientific research, starting wars, racism, hate, and making abortion illegal is okay because god said so. Why do religious people always think that no one is being tolerant of them, but continue to be intolerant to everyone.
@CntthnkO15 Im sorry for expressing myself,I thought this was a place for open minded individuals to converse.With that being said how can you prove that a superior entity doesnt exist?
@TheBusinessisgood He/She doesn't have to prove it, can you prove that there isn't a super monkey who secretly controls the cosmos? If this was just a matter of personal belief then fine you can believe whatever you want. But wars are fight and people are slaughtered - even today - based on religious dogma.
I suppose the argument is that the ends justify the means. With the means being ridiculing someone's belief and the end being trying to stop some needless wars and death.
@mufc4everch You are precise,i cant prove or disprove that there is a super monkey over seeing everything in the cosmic horizon and that is my point however your interpretation of "religious dogma" is a bit obscured.People go to dire/extreme extents in order to control people such as the mujahideen or the crusaders.If you examine these historical occurrences you will realize that a tyrant in sheep's clothing will use religion or anything that is deemed necessary to control society.
@TheBusinessisgood With that said, I do agree that most people who post 'humanist rants' do not think about it like this and hate for the sake of hating. Those people are indeed annoying. It cannot be ignored that religion's effect on science was not all bad as some like to paint it. Indeed much of science was done so as to understand god. e.g. Newton.
However today the science they almost never take the Abrahamic god seriously and usually think of god as a impersonal being - i.e. Spinoza's god
@TheBusinessisgood "A" superior entity? Can't really prove that doesn't exist. But no one debates whether "a" god exists. They debate whether THEIR god exists. And none of those gods exist because they all make easily falsifiable claims about the nature of their god or what their god has done.
No one ever killed anyone over "some" god so it's a bit of a moot point.
@bertt646 I am not a religious person myself, but what you said is like killing every suspect in a murder investigation. Not everyone's the same, just the extremes are intolerant.
@pointzeroblack and the religious answer is fucked up, stupid and made up by a bunch of idiots thousands of years ago. The atheist answer is new, scientific and based on things we KNOW. not believe people said.
@pointzeroblack Well, we don't know how the universe started, but we do have a number of theories, such as the Big Bang. A few planets started orbiting around a star, and the ice melted to water. From there, micro organisms formed, when a mollecular bond was made just right when the molecules were bouncing around. Life went on. They changed into what they needed to be to survive. It's called evolution. There's tons of evidence to proove evolution exists. Not so for your god.
@Theowest Do you KNOW these scientific things? Or are just just blindly following a scientists word as a religious person follows a priests.
I mean, done the research and looked into things such as the big bang theory and can explain in detail how it works or do you simply know that there are some guys who say there was a big bang, we looked into it trust us.
@stek65 I'm not religious for the record however a lot of atheists can be as ignorant as someone who says they are Christan but has never read the bible.
For the record as well science does NOT have a definitive answer for how existence came to be. They do have theroys (an idea that is not yet proven) that make more sense (to me anyway) then most other ideas about the topic.
@pointzeroblack just because its an answer doesn't mean it is correct.
What is better:
Hey what does 1+1 equal?
Religious person: Well i was told 2, don't look into it tho you just have to believe i was correctly informed
Free Thinker: Mmmmm well I'm not sure let me look into it.
What i believe in the end to be the most important thing a person can do is to be a critical thinker. Look into things your self and make up your own mind based on the information you can find.
its unfortunate athiest's interchange the moral words of WRONG and RIGHT with the motherfuckin WORDS THAT THAT SHIT MEANS IF ITS A FACT OR NOT, WOOPS YOU DONE GOOFED :)
@tobo86 ohh, Well basically (this is going to sound very biased) he's made a really good point and so he deserved those words. (sorry if it isn't specific enough, I'm kinda rushing this reply)
@tobo86 Oh, well it's the point where he said "confident thinking". It just made me realise that if you're going to be (for lack of a better word at this moment in time) "emo" about your ideas, then you're practically rendering yourself useless.
@tobo86 Just to note* I mean the word "emo" in the stereotypical sense. They basically mope on about how sad their life is and how they'll never get anywhere bla bla bla, they literally have no confidence.
@inkboy12345 Okay, I get you now (I think!). You're wowed by the new understanding that the stereotypical "emo" attitude of self-pity and pessimism is actually an underlying lack of confidence?
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Psychology is about the epiphanic coalescence of all illusions, impressions, thoughts, scientific data and genetic predispositions that make up a life - a psychological profile if you will. The non-truths are as important as the truths, as we can't even know if our truths will be disproven tomorrow. People who put too much trust in scientific truth haven't understood their Nietzsche.
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Psychology is based on biology is based on chemistry is based on physics is based on mathematics.
Cyberspine 6 days ago
@Cyberspine It's always interesting to think where philosophy fits into the purity scale. I know people studying mathematics who say that it is king.
mufc4everch 6 days ago
It's too stupid if you argue which one is better, Physics or Psychology, kids. You must realize they are all science. Each one is supplement for other..
lotusbubu 6 days ago
@lotusbubu I disagree, I can definetly say, in my opinion, that some studies are far more useful than others. For example, decoding the human genome is more worthwhile than
dailytelegraph :worst-experiments-of-all-time
In the real world you have to realize that experiments cost money and you can't just say that they are all equal and not make distinctions, even if you philosophically think that they are equal.
mufc4everch 6 days ago
Physics is not greater than psychology. They're too different things. Using the anecdotal evidence of "my brain hurts more after a physics video" is retarded. If anything, I foresee psychology merging with the physiological disciplines once we have enough information to go on. And that's what psychology is doing for us. Providing the variables and experimenting on how the brain uses the information to allow behavior.
Logos612 1 week ago
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Yareb1 1 week ago
@Logos612 *two different things. Well-thought-out, meaningful points in your reply are rendered invalid. You really should have waited to misspell something until the end.
Yareb1 1 week ago
@Yareb1 Wow, that's so clever of you (sarcasm). My points are what they are without the grammar mistake. I graduated from college, and took lots of english. I could sit here and tell you that "well-thought-out" means you're obviously fishing to get me to correct you (but you're actually grammatically correct), so I'll just say you're a douchebag and move on with my life.
Logos612 23 hours ago
i don't like how people look down on psychology. and i say that as a physicist/biologist.
to me psychology is the counterpart to neurobiology, in the end just another science investigating the brain. more primitive (meaning there is less need of highly advanced technology) but still useful. but it seems that in the end even science-related people are nothing more than ordinary, premature monkeys.
"my science/god/whatever is much better than yours. i can't prove it but it's true."
Zacoff 1 week ago
@Zacoff I'm in physics and my pals are in math, engineering and life science and we have this debate all of the time.
mufc4everch 6 days ago
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awhitesoul2012 1 week ago
why does psychology feel so easy after a physics video?
RafaellaszBill 1 week ago
Good advice. I need to start taking it soon.
52000rightwing 1 week ago
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Sunky4u 1 week ago
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Sunky4u 2 days ago
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Any decision to be made depends on three things: 1. Time Available 2. Knowledge 3. Cognitive Ability. It really depends on the individual to weigh in these factors each time and act accordingly. Else, they fall into the hard-wired instinct of intuition
confuciusization 1 week ago
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xXxMicrosoftSamxXx 1 week ago
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CognitiveNetwork 1 week ago
@CognitiveNetwork Ah, very perceptive eye, good sir. I thank you for the insightful comment.
20BCeltics 1 week ago
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DJSbros 2 weeks ago
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(in real Life, dealing with people) --> Psychology > Physics
bizbite2 2 weeks ago
...Physics > Psychology
mufc4everch 2 weeks ago 37
@mufc4everch Both i pretty cool i think.. ofc, if your an isolated,associal physisist then you don't need to be able to talk to ppl
VisCreed 2 weeks ago
@VisCreed I study physics and all of the people that I have encountered have been very social and friendly. In modern physics most projects are collaborative and you have to have good social skills.
mufc4everch 2 weeks ago
@mufc4everch What aspect do you study at which university and what projects have you done? Sorry to be stalker ish but im just an interested kid
VisCreed 2 weeks ago
@VisCreed I'm a lowly undergrad so I haven't done any projects of repute (outside of labs). I am an astrophysics major.
mufc4everch 2 weeks ago
@mufc4everch your opinion, which is acceptable.
Nhordmyr 1 week ago
@mufc4everch I disagree. Understanding how the mind works is very important for my quest to understand artificial neural networks. A year ago this would have sounded like mumbo jumbo to me, but maybe you ought to slow down and think about it ;)
idunnononame 6 days ago
@mufc4everch why?
hatemf23 6 days ago
@hatemf23 Physics describes the universe (using the cosmic language of mathematics) and through its study we expose many questions which are just as deep as those in philosophy.
I do think that studying the mind is a worthwhile endevaour, in fact I was at a seminar on computational neuroscience a few days ago and I found it quite interesting. However, there is a big difference between neuroscience and psychology and I think that that needs to be recognized.
mufc4everch 6 days ago
@mufc4everch Not to mention all of the practical implications of discoveries in physics, as opposed to psychology.
mufc4everch 6 days ago
@mufc4everch Physics ≸ Psychology
Ebvardh 3 days ago
Same big money that endows science also endows religion. Big apparently-gets-stupider-every-day, has-money-harvesting-cycles-with-essential-indefinite-stupid-phases-in-it greedy manipulative scheming collaborative money. Enjoy!!!
CACBCCCU 3 weeks ago
The universe started from immaculate nothingness, then came massive inflation, then it was announced everything's controlled by strings, then puppets started realizing that the universal BS level was off the charts; some of the puppets embraced it, because they were flexible in a cheesy way, maybe extremely conscious of environmental harmonies, or it was a big source of pride in the extended family.
CACBCCCU 3 weeks ago
@CACBCCCU Do you know what i find hilarious? vacuum fluctuations..."A failed attempt to explain an unexplained phenomenon"
TheBusinessisgood 2 weeks ago
How the fuck did i get here from boots and cats?
Matt777shxt 3 weeks ago
@Matt777shxt maybe god lead you? :-p
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@ddw1959 Who knows haha
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awhitesoul2012 3 weeks ago
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4908Arsalan 3 weeks ago
Soup is good food! Nobel prize please!
Khuno2 4 weeks ago
I hate politics. Everything is always "guessing".
anythingnew 4 weeks ago
Does anyone know this guys name, and where I could find more videos with him?
ethanforster 1 month ago
@ethanforster Daniel Kahneman, search youtube
kraskata2012 4 weeks ago
Confidence can also be the mark of someone like a politician presenting an argument by just following the elements of narration without serious thinking.
110319701 1 month ago
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weefeatures 1 month ago
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lol... his book "Thinking: Fast & Slow" is a bit more comprehensive. highly recommended.
luhinstantiation 1 month ago
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YoCuzwaasup 1 month ago
So when there is a complicated decision to make, think carefully about which choice to make and try to get as much information as possible regarding that decision? Don't trust "feelings" in complex decision making? Goodness, where would we be without this guy?! I sure hope millions of dollars were spent to arrive that this revolutionary conclusion. BLOWN AWAY!
Khuno2 1 month ago 14
@Khuno2 Who says millions of dollars were spent on this? It's just a psychologist giving some advice.
YummiestGiraffe 2 weeks ago
@YummiestGiraffe
I just hope that it was (your comprehension isn't a strength). He won a nobel prize in economics for his work in behavioral economics/ decision theory. His findings were published in "duh" magazine, and were genuinely interesting to stupid people across the world. We need to start pumping millions if not billions of dollars into establishing the truth of what amounts to cliches and platitudes for smart people who have more than a high school education.
Khuno2 2 weeks ago
@Khuno2 Why is it that whenever I read one of your comments it sounds like an insult? I've decided I don't like you.
YummiestGiraffe 2 weeks ago
@YummiestGiraffe
Slow down, you think too fast.
Khuno2 2 weeks ago
@Khuno2 And you'd be surprised how many people don't think things through and bulldoze through life on the emotional roller coaster.
blainealexander 2 weeks ago
@blainealexander
No, I wouldn't be. All one need do is look around...at, say, the global economy and how we arrived at the second great depression. Apparently, it has nothing to do with intelligence, either. Consumer spending trends. It's not bad advice, but it's not particularly interesting.
Khuno2 2 weeks ago
@Khuno2 Its just for americans, Im sorry, the part of america where americans don't see this advice as evident.
Its like "THink twice about smoking at the petrol station,it might be bad"....
I agree with you, youre not american or are you?
VisCreed 2 weeks ago
@VisCreed
Just for americans? So you think that impulsive irrational emotionally charged behavior is an uniquely american trait?
Khuno2 2 weeks ago
@Khuno2 Not uniquely , but while the U.S is the most scientifically advanced country and has some of the smartest people it has a frightening large number of people who are below being and imbecile,cmon you admit it
VisCreed 2 weeks ago
@VisCreed
There is a whole heapin' helluvalotta stupid in the states. But there's a whole lotta stupid everywhere. One can't avoid stupid, boring people...
Khuno2 2 weeks ago 4
@Khuno2 thank you!!!!
mekkabon 2 weeks ago
@Khuno2 Yes, I know that, but america really is contaminated with illiterate rednecks, you might not be one of them. Dont say that other countries are too, I know okay? Nontheless it is america with the least ,for example, college degrees within the range of developed countries..
That alone wouldn't be THAT
VisCreed 2 weeks ago
@Khuno2 Way to miss the point. He was talking about how it is important to think and gauge situations for yourself without relying on your own first instinct and without relying on others. The only one you can trust is yourself after you have gained expertise in a particular field.
Nebelleron 2 weeks ago
@Khuno2 true.
too bad most people don't really grasp the concept of that. formal educational system doesn't help here either. people tend to just form behavioural patterns and/or squeeze pre-made ones into every situation as a shortcut. and society is happy to provide an entire bag of those patterns, without much of the explanation of how they come to be, for people not really interested in pondering about uncomfortable details.
good intentions don't save from ignorance and self-deceit.
PredatoryQQmber 2 weeks ago
@Khuno2 Whenever science verifies an intuitive result, people have this ridiculous facetious attitude about it, like the research was useless. Sometimes "intuitive" ideas are wrong, but in this case they are right. We can't know which is which without doing careful research. Being a sarcastic ass isn't useful.
Decimaster321 2 weeks ago 2
@Decimaster321
And yet it was. And it's not intuitive. A lot of people don't "feel" that they shouldn't trust their immediate instincts in decision making (forget about complex decision making). Instinct is a poor truth tracker, and yet we still see sociopathic investment bankers making grossly irresponsible bets with other people's money, and successful politicians who appeal to the illiterate great unwashed with nothing but emotional hot air. Dutch tulips, too human.
Khuno2 1 week ago
i think fast and act with precision i am my own god with many others only untill the end all of me and you will become one god again..and my gut gets treated godly like compared to those unfortunate people who live in poverty i wish i could help my fellow gods to over come any obsticale "cant spell" eat some acid and you will understand that what you think is real is your own reality
G1Petey 1 month ago
I read his book, "Thinking Fast and Slow". Full of simple little experiments that show the same truth over and over again: we're not as smart as we think we are.
cronopioman 1 month ago 2
my system 2 is damaged
usafadb 1 month ago
amazing vid. bigthink is the best channel in the history of youtube.
evangelistabjj 1 month ago
I listen to him because hes old. Old people are full of wisdom.
2583060 1 month ago 2
this guy is amazing he explains complicated things so simply that even me a 13 year old boy understands them.
MrNormanFire 1 month ago
@MrNormanFire If you can't get a child to understand it you don't know what you're talking about- to paraphrase one of my favorite physicists, Dick Feynman
Nyquirk 1 month ago
@Nyquirk oh my god what a first rate quote.
nerdyharry 1 month ago
@Stek65, i don't understand why you used "religious person" as a example in the comment below. Im not religious but 1+1=2... Go back to whenever you want. Cavemen...1+1= 2, Julius caesar 1+1= 2, civil war 1+1= 2, 2012 1+1=2...so free thinkers think 1+1=3? I don't understand where your going at with this.
hbones2009 1 month ago
@hbones2009 @Stek65 is trying to say is that a religious person usually follows a strict set of moral guidelines and is told how things are through a book and has to accept these things blindly or else would not be religious. So a religious person who is told 1+1=2 by some leader of their religion(hypothetically) accepts that 1+1=2 without question, while a free thinker would ask 'why does 1+1=2?' and after having that answered then uses their judgement to decide if 1+1=2
MusicbyWordPlay 1 month ago
@MusicbyWordPlay A religious individual can also think critically. Using the sum analogy, one's religion would state 1+1=2, but it is then up to the religious individual to research about that statement. Eventually, one would come to the same conclusion as the teachings of religion. In another sense however, there are some details that a religious person must accept blindly (empirically speaking); absolute truths such as the hereafter and the definate existence of God.
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@bbmcars i was explaining someone else's comment not expressing my own views, i believe the comment i explained was in poor context but has some truth in it and you seem to agree in that regard. I don't doubt that you can be a critical thinker and be religious and i dont doubt there are some of the like, i just believe the trend is that ignorant people who dont care to think for themselves use religion as an excuse for their ignorance.i think ppl too often see religion as the cause for ignorance
MusicbyWordPlay 1 month ago
@hbones2009 He's talking about accepting things that we think are obvious truths at face value because someone else has told you it's true. How do you know 1+1=2? Empirically we can define individual objects into sets. ie. define what an apple is, take a single apple, add another apple, and then define the result as two apples. It's evidence based. Most religious claims are based on taking a 'truth' at face value (an a priori truth) so to speak without demonstrable evidence.
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WATAFACKenlacalle 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
remember girls when things get really big... slow it down....
Eysc 1 month ago
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GOD IS THE MAN FUCK ALL YOU MUSLIAMS DURKA DURKAS GO ROT IN HELL
TheSyKOProject 1 month ago
@TheSyKOProject kthxbye
zeejenkins 1 month ago in playlist More videos from bigthink
@TheSyKOProject rly
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Dadadadadadada, feelin' groovy.
anddontcallmeshirly 2 months ago
subbed between Penn and this video
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DistortedV12 2 months ago
Sometimes I follow my gut when I play chess... I'm not too good at chess.
cutiepie316289 2 months ago 52
@cutiepie316289 Yup, i hear you.
MrBmantheman 3 weeks ago
@cutiepie316289 i too folow my gut sometimes in chess, usualy it overhangs on the board and knocks the pieces over.
111455 3 weeks ago
@cutiepie316289 Chess is thinking ahead and predicting your enemies moves and countering it! not just moving random pieces cuz it looks cool!
Void1943 3 weeks ago
subscribed because of this video.
Thank you, sir.
HaploidCell 2 months ago
Sounds like he is describing the two halves of our brain.
ViXoN2 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I don't really get what he's saying. I mean it seems like regular stuff I already know, but I'm not sure. What it makes me think of is that, mainly when debating, you must give yourself time to think, so it's pretty unfair to give someone a new topic and immediately want an answer.
KedViper 2 months ago
@KedViper - an answer to what their views are
KedViper 2 months ago
got to make the moment last...
1Pantikian 2 months ago
2 people didn't go with their gut.
NoMSG 2 months ago
@NoMSG Bush and Colbert.
Alhoshka 2 months ago
He took an interesting topic but presented it in a way that made it seem rather dry. This is the very reason why I did not enjoy doing my Psychology degree.
spencerkicksass 2 months ago
You've got to make the morning last, just kicking down the cobb- Oh, wait. Wrong video.
progrockcoffee 2 months ago 3
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TheTroubadoursMusic 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
this guy just sounds smart even if u dont listen what he is saying
XxtekiexX 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos 17
@XxtekiexX he did all of the big research in the field he is talking about. He also won the nobel prize. So yes, he is smart :P
OrderoftheWhiteHand 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos 13
@donloxy24 Something tells me that you're just another nickname for @inkboy, cleverly daring people to thumbs up for you.
frabjous79 2 months ago 2
hey, i'm reading this book. cheers.
svicciarelli 2 months ago
@inkboy12345 actually 16.
CuryNz 2 months ago
It's unfortunate that many people interchange the words 'gut' and 'god' as if that feeling inside of them is some materialization of gods word. It's not god, it's your gut, and it's often wrong!
enlightenedone676 3 months ago 106
@enlightenedone676
shutup retarded athiest fuck
AtomFA 2 months ago in playlist More videos from bigthink
@AtomFA Faggot.
Cartmanezful 2 months ago
@AtomFA Thanks for making religion that bit more intolerant. You really are a credit to humanity and your religion, doing them a great favour showing everyone how bad, intolerant and disgusting you and your religious affiliation is.
bertt646 2 months ago 22
@bertt646
i'm not religious you are all just so fucking annoying
AtomFA 2 months ago
@AtomFA You're generalizing an entire group of people. You need to stop doing that.
bertt646 2 months ago
@bertt646 No he is right atheists are stuck up faggots.
MdandThcrew 3 weeks ago
@MdandThcrew Nice... you sound like one of those christians all full of love n shit.
ddw1959 3 weeks ago in playlist More videos from bigthink
@bertt646 Religion is a broad term but besides that atomfa didnt claim a religious denomination/affiliation...so in other words he could be a diest or theist and if hes a thiest then that would make you look bad.But i somewhat agree with him that it is pretty annoying to see the same old secular humanist rants on every video that i watch relating to science,its as if ridiculing someones belief in a supreme being is acceptable.Tollerence is a two way street my friend.
TheBusinessisgood 3 weeks ago 15
@TheBusinessisgood
cool dude
AtomFA 2 weeks ago
@TheBusinessisgood "Tolerance". Not "tollerence".
themissingn 2 weeks ago
@themissingn Im illiterate :)
TheBusinessisgood 2 weeks ago
Ridiculing is different from pointing out fallacies and illogicality in religion. Telling someone they are wrong, and then trying to explain to them why you think they are wrong is advice, regardless of subject. How ever banning gay marriage, stifling scientific research, starting wars, racism, hate, and making abortion illegal is okay because god said so. Why do religious people always think that no one is being tolerant of them, but continue to be intolerant to everyone.
chase70815 2 weeks ago
@chase70815 I havent found a true statement in that comment however its evident that your speaking in a manner of prejudice.
TheBusinessisgood 2 weeks ago
@TheBusinessisgood I love you, wish more people weren't so ignorant about it.
LimeGuy101 6 days ago
@TheBusinessisgood No, the fight is about whats true and what isn't. God doesn't exist, FORGET ABOUT IT, for fuck sakes.
CntthnkO15 5 days ago 9
@CntthnkO15 Im sorry for expressing myself,I thought this was a place for open minded individuals to converse.With that being said how can you prove that a superior entity doesnt exist?
TheBusinessisgood 4 days ago
@TheBusinessisgood He/She doesn't have to prove it, can you prove that there isn't a super monkey who secretly controls the cosmos? If this was just a matter of personal belief then fine you can believe whatever you want. But wars are fight and people are slaughtered - even today - based on religious dogma.
I suppose the argument is that the ends justify the means. With the means being ridiculing someone's belief and the end being trying to stop some needless wars and death.
mufc4everch 3 days ago
@mufc4everch The number of people who die in wars caused by religion is tiny compared to those who die in political wars. Ban politics!
tomwantshelp 22 hours ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@tomwantshelp that is true
TheBusinessisgood 17 hours ago
@mufc4everch You are precise,i cant prove or disprove that there is a super monkey over seeing everything in the cosmic horizon and that is my point however your interpretation of "religious dogma" is a bit obscured.People go to dire/extreme extents in order to control people such as the mujahideen or the crusaders.If you examine these historical occurrences you will realize that a tyrant in sheep's clothing will use religion or anything that is deemed necessary to control society.
TheBusinessisgood 17 hours ago
@TheBusinessisgood With that said, I do agree that most people who post 'humanist rants' do not think about it like this and hate for the sake of hating. Those people are indeed annoying. It cannot be ignored that religion's effect on science was not all bad as some like to paint it. Indeed much of science was done so as to understand god. e.g. Newton.
However today the science they almost never take the Abrahamic god seriously and usually think of god as a impersonal being - i.e. Spinoza's god
mufc4everch 3 days ago
@TheBusinessisgood "A" superior entity? Can't really prove that doesn't exist. But no one debates whether "a" god exists. They debate whether THEIR god exists. And none of those gods exist because they all make easily falsifiable claims about the nature of their god or what their god has done.
No one ever killed anyone over "some" god so it's a bit of a moot point.
aluisious 21 hours ago
@aluisious I see your point of view by the way are you a 4chan lurker? moot is a /b/ expression.
TheBusinessisgood 17 hours ago
@TheBusinessisgood No 4 chan here. Moot is a regular English expression btw, you just might not see it many places.
aluisious 12 hours ago
@bertt646 I am not a religious person myself, but what you said is like killing every suspect in a murder investigation. Not everyone's the same, just the extremes are intolerant.
heymrhimr 3 weeks ago
@AtomFA It's funny how Atheists are smarter than religious people.
Theowest 1 month ago in playlist Fler videoklipp från bigthink
@Theowest Really?... Its funny how atheists dont have an answer for our existence but religious people have.
pointzeroblack 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@pointzeroblack and the religious answer is fucked up, stupid and made up by a bunch of idiots thousands of years ago. The atheist answer is new, scientific and based on things we KNOW. not believe people said.
Theowest 1 month ago
@Theowest I said that atheists dont have an answer for our existence, but to me you say they do. Ok please explain to me scientifically then?
pointzeroblack 1 month ago
@pointzeroblack Well, we don't know how the universe started, but we do have a number of theories, such as the Big Bang. A few planets started orbiting around a star, and the ice melted to water. From there, micro organisms formed, when a mollecular bond was made just right when the molecules were bouncing around. Life went on. They changed into what they needed to be to survive. It's called evolution. There's tons of evidence to proove evolution exists. Not so for your god.
nuggetking1012 3 weeks ago
@Theowest Do you KNOW these scientific things? Or are just just blindly following a scientists word as a religious person follows a priests.
I mean, done the research and looked into things such as the big bang theory and can explain in detail how it works or do you simply know that there are some guys who say there was a big bang, we looked into it trust us.
stek65 1 month ago
@stek65 I'm not religious for the record however a lot of atheists can be as ignorant as someone who says they are Christan but has never read the bible.
For the record as well science does NOT have a definitive answer for how existence came to be. They do have theroys (an idea that is not yet proven) that make more sense (to me anyway) then most other ideas about the topic.
stek65 1 month ago
@pointzeroblack just because its an answer doesn't mean it is correct.
What is better:
Hey what does 1+1 equal?
Religious person: Well i was told 2, don't look into it tho you just have to believe i was correctly informed
Free Thinker: Mmmmm well I'm not sure let me look into it.
What i believe in the end to be the most important thing a person can do is to be a critical thinker. Look into things your self and make up your own mind based on the information you can find.
stek65 1 month ago
@AtomFA What did God say to you today?
*crickets*
betterdropdatdonk 3 weeks ago
@betterdropdatdonk
yeshedid
AtomFA 2 weeks ago
@enlightenedone676
its unfortunate athiest's interchange the moral words of WRONG and RIGHT with the motherfuckin WORDS THAT THAT SHIT MEANS IF ITS A FACT OR NOT, WOOPS YOU DONE GOOFED :)
AtomFA 1 month ago
@enlightenedone676 I've been raised to pray everytime I fart for the sake of my fellow humans. One day they'll start appreciating my gas.
Garrotte123 1 month ago
@enlightenedone676 the gut god is a bacteria that holds the hydrocholoric acid in a certain place in the gut lest u acidify from inside out
ollobrains1 1 month ago
@enlightenedone676
Wow
YoCuzwaasup 1 month ago
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I used to think like that too... but then i took an arrow in the knee
SxeD4ve 3 months ago
Can't stop staring at those nosehairs.
crashnburn753 3 months ago
Wow, just wow
inkboy12345 3 months ago 42
@inkboy12345 Congratulations!! you have a total of 5 likes to your comment.
donloxy24 3 months ago
@donloxy24 lol 14 actually
inkboy12345 3 months ago
@inkboy12345 I don't intend this as a criticism, but a genuinely interested and slightly confused question: what is wow? A specific bit?
tobo86 1 month ago
@tobo86 ohh, Well basically (this is going to sound very biased) he's made a really good point and so he deserved those words. (sorry if it isn't specific enough, I'm kinda rushing this reply)
inkboy12345 1 month ago
@inkboy12345 what the point about confidence without expertise? There were many points..
tobo86 1 month ago
@tobo86 Oh, well it's the point where he said "confident thinking". It just made me realise that if you're going to be (for lack of a better word at this moment in time) "emo" about your ideas, then you're practically rendering yourself useless.
inkboy12345 1 month ago
@inkboy12345 sorry, don't know what you mean by going "emo"? What do they do?
tobo86 1 month ago
@tobo86 Just to note* I mean the word "emo" in the stereotypical sense. They basically mope on about how sad their life is and how they'll never get anywhere bla bla bla, they literally have no confidence.
inkboy12345 1 month ago
@inkboy12345 Okay, I get you now (I think!). You're wowed by the new understanding that the stereotypical "emo" attitude of self-pity and pessimism is actually an underlying lack of confidence?
tobo86 1 month ago