God is a Useful Delusion
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 7:47 am
Useful Delusions:
The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler
While it is likely 99% of theists will claim their God to be the most real and not an illusion or delusion, the authors argued why God is an illusion albeit a useful illusion.
The reality of life is this existential crisis and cognitive dissonances;
“our will to live forever - colliding with - the immutable biological fact of death.”
-Otto Rank, Psychologist.
To avoid paralysis from the cognitive dissonances, our ancestors to the present theists chanced upon a fictional, illusory, delusionary God to soothe the inherent terrible and horrific fears exuding from the existential crisis.
This fictional, illusory, delusionary God has a therapeutic and functional value, thus is adapted via evolution within humanity as default.
God is a Useful Delusion.
It is Impossible for God to Exists as Real
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The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler
Self-deception does terrible harm to us, to our communities, and to the planet. But if it is so bad for us, why is it ubiquitous? In Useful Delusions, Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler argue that, paradoxically, self-deception can also play a vital role in our success and well-being.
The lies we tell ourselves sustain our daily interactions with friends, lovers, and coworkers. They can explain why some people live longer than others, why some couples remain in love and others don’t, why some nations hold together while others splinter.
Filled with powerful personal stories and drawing on new insights in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, Useful Delusions offers a fascinating tour of what it really means to be human.
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- CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I EVERYDAY LIFE
1.. Hot Air
2.. Everything Is Going to Be OK
3.. The Theater of Healing
4.. The Invisible Hand
PART II THE SEARCH FOR MEANING
5.. The Heart Has Its Reasons
6.. Predictive Reasoning
7.. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
PART III THE TRIBE
8.. Walking through Fire
9. Something Worth Dying For
10.. The Grand Delusion
While it is likely 99% of theists will claim their God to be the most real and not an illusion or delusion, the authors argued why God is an illusion albeit a useful illusion.
The reality of life is this existential crisis and cognitive dissonances;
“our will to live forever - colliding with - the immutable biological fact of death.”
-Otto Rank, Psychologist.
To avoid paralysis from the cognitive dissonances, our ancestors to the present theists chanced upon a fictional, illusory, delusionary God to soothe the inherent terrible and horrific fears exuding from the existential crisis.
This fictional, illusory, delusionary God has a therapeutic and functional value, thus is adapted via evolution within humanity as default.
God is a Useful Delusion.
It is Impossible for God to Exists as Real
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