Michael Gazzaniga: Your Storytelling Brain

http://bigthink.com/ideas/41940

The left hemisphere of the brain is always trying to make sense of past thoughts and experiences. Cognitive Neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga ponders our need to hear and tell coherent stories about ourselves.

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[Ligermorph]

@marineninga I said theres no reason/purpose for me to exist, not that I lived without a purpose ;)

I meant we're all a part of the cosmos and by a cosmic roll of the dice we happen to be conscious. When theres no why, the only purpose of your life is the one you give it. Pick any purpose or even change it.

Spending every second of life eating chocolate is just as valid a purpose as spending it saving whales. Life's a gift from the cosmic lottery, but only you can judge if you're doing it right.

[secretstream4]

I noticed that if there is a large view count on a good youtube video there will ALWAYS be some dislikes, usually very small. My left brain creates the story that these dislikes are all from more immature people, who do not have enough identity in their lives from their achievements that they resort to having the identity of the rare disliker

[Inmatinus]

@FilthyBassFreq

If you see a ball roll across the street you know something had to put that ball in motion.

Its not like it sits in the closet silently, but even if it was it would be in motion since it exist.

But maybe I misunderstood your comment.

[Inmatinus]

@chessonmyshirt

Well, I meant more the movement of the natural world.

[FilthyBassFreq]

@Inmatinus When I see God 'in motion', I will believe he had to exist first.

[chessonmyshirt]

@Inmatinus

Are you comparing the idea of religion to a physical law by Newton?

[Inmatinus]

@chessonmyshirt

Sure a flying spaghetti monster in the center of the universe you can't.

But if you see a ball in motion, you know it had to be set in motion. Ask Newton.

But as The Atheist say: The ball is in motion, we reject a First-cause for this anomaly.

[Samuraionthewall]

So that's what the guy looks like, ha. Studied it for a year, had no idea. :)

[Instinctinside]

@Inmatinus No, now let me ask you something. Do you actually have an argument, or only questions circumventing my statements? if the latter, I suggest you to use Google to embark yourself in the quasi-intellectual journey of reading something other than the bible. If you otherwise have an argument, then make it. I'm not a text book.