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To: epicure who wrote (284579)	12/4/2015 12:14:48 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) of 541791

Belief is part of our genetic make up as a species. There is no way around that. Our brains are pattern processing machines. The more unknowns and uncertainties there are, and the more uncomfortable with uncertainties a person is, the stronger the belief in super natural. But this doesn't make atheists right. If anything, one could argue that a genetic bias for something is an evidence (not the evidence) for that thing. There is a scientific theory that this world is a "holographic" simulation. If it is, then who is running that simulation. I can't be considered a "True Believer" in anything. But I am mildly skeptical of all beliefs and disbeliefs. ST

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