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Believers vs. Atheists

The Word Trap

We are innately attracted to any promised solution to our problem rather than examining our problem’s underlying causes. That is the optimal approach in the wild because problems there share wilderness simplicity, which makes solutions straightforward. Thus, it was natural for us to evolve the inclination to opt for the simplest view of a problem, […]

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May 3, 2015 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: Believers vs. Atheists, Buddha, civilization, instinct, religion, symptoms point of view

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