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Is Belief in God a Cognitive Bias?
Season 4, Episode 3
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12-Nov-2020
Could belief in God be a psychological fluke? A popular claim is that religious beliefs resulted from the brain’s tendency to interpret effects (like sudden noises) as being caused by intentional beings (like burglars). Let’s see how to answer this argument with the 7 Checks of Critical Thinking.
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The Confirmation Bias
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