Our prospects for replacing religion hinge on creating the same feelings that are enjoyed by religious people and exploited by religious leaders. Here is a talk about the cognitive defects that are "hijacked" by religion. Watch it, thinking of ways we can engineer these for human good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iMmvu9eMrg&eurl=http://www.google.com/rea...
Good video. I like the idea of the artwork. I'm wondering if, like you said, the support needs to be more meme oriented, but I've always felt that without the establishment of rapport the likelihood of a meme going that far is slim. How can we build better rapport?
To finish my last post:
How can we build better rapport given how atheists are viewed is such a negative way?
SoullessAtheist 2 years ago
Good video. I like the idea of the artwork. I'm wondering if, like you said, the support needs to be more meme oriented, but I've always felt that without the establishment of rapport the likelihood of a meme going that far is slim. How can we build better rapport?
SoullessAtheist 2 years ago
Empathy on the cheap? That just struck me as oddly very funny.
SoullessAtheist 2 years ago