A clip from the OP episode that's worth another try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51B8MzcxOX0
A clip from the OP episode that's worth another try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51B8MzcxOX0
A clip from the OP episode that's worth another try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51B8MzcxOX0
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That's so weird. Sorry. :/
A clip from the OP episode that's worth another try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51B8MzcxOX0
I watched up to about 8 minutes. Didn't find the clip interesting. For one thing, if you put someone in a pitch black room where they can't see their hand in front of their face, and under these conditions where it's part of a show and things are staged, of course people are going to think there might be something else in the room. It naturally creeps you out, not to mention the fact that such a fear has been selected for because of its survival value. One hardly needs any suggestion of "supernatural." Really lost me there with the phoniness. Too many psych experiments in college I guess.A clip from the OP episode that's worth another try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51B8MzcxOX0
Really interesting!
I watched up to about 8 minutes. Didn't find the clip interesting. For one thing, if you put someone in a pitch black room where they can't see their hand in front of their face, and under these conditions where it's part of a show and things are staged, of course people are going to think there might be something else in the room. It naturally creeps you out, not to mention the fact that such a fear has been selected for because of its survival value. One hardly needs any suggestion of "supernatural." Really lost me there with the phoniness. Too many psych experiments in college I guess.Really interesting!
I watched up to about 8 minutes. Didn't find the clip interesting. For one thing, if you put someone in a pitch black room where they can't see their hand in front of their face, and under these conditions where it's part of a show and things are staged, of course people are going to think there might be something else in the room. It naturally creeps you out, not to mention the fact that such a fear has been selected for because of its survival value. One hardly needs any suggestion of "supernatural." Really lost me there with the phoniness. Too many psych experiments in college I guess.Really interesting!
I agree with that and did you notice that he chose his subject carefully? If you've ever sat through one of these "demonstrations" the host chooses his subjects carefully. Needless to say I was never chosen. Made lots of eye contact repeatedly throughout the session but was never chosen. They know who to pick because they want to elicit an emotional response. That's the whole point. The clip was designed to do precisely that and to primarily entertain the viewers and thereby market and sell a product.I watched up to about 8 minutes. Didn't find the clip interesting. For one thing, if you put someone in a pitch black room where they can't see their hand in front of their face, and under these conditions where it's part of a show and things are staged, of course people are going to think there might be something else in the room. It naturally creeps you out, not to mention the fact that such a fear has been selected for because of its survival value. One hardly needs any suggestion of "supernatural." Really lost me there with the phoniness. Too many psych experiments in college I guess.
But the end is the best part! It shows that the origin of these "experiences" is our own suggestible mind, and not something external or supernatural.
To me, the lack of this supernatural figure does not detract from the experience of life. Just the opposite.
But it does put the responsibility to make this planet a heaven or a hell squarely on our shoulders...
One can also experience harmony, and enjoy it, and embrace it...
I agree with that and did you notice that he chose his subject carefully? If you've ever sat through one of these "demonstrations" the host chooses his subjects carefully. Needless to say I was never chosen. Made lots of eye contact repeatedly throughout the session but was never chosen. They know who to pick because they want to elicit an emotional response. That's the whole point. The clip was designed to do precisely that and to primarily entertain the viewers and thereby market and sell a product.But the end is the best part! It shows that the origin of these "experiences" is our own suggestible mind, and not something external or supernatural.
To me, the lack of this supernatural figure does not detract from the experience of life. Just the opposite.
But it does put the responsibility to make this planet a heaven or a hell squarely on our shoulders...
One can also experience harmony, and enjoy it, and embrace it...
Sure, gods are whatever we make them. I just thought the whole thing was a bit over the top with the setting, music, lighting, etc. It was as much entertainment as anything.
In my view he picked someone he thought would be easy to manipulate - and I agree - but that he wants his audience to believe and think would not be easy to manipulate. He picked that person based on the criteria you mention.I agree with that and did you notice that he chose his subject carefully? If you've ever sat through one of these "demonstrations" the host chooses his subjects carefully. Needless to say I was never chosen. Made lots of eye contact repeatedly throughout the session but was never chosen. They know who to pick because they want to elicit an emotional response. That's the whole point. The clip was designed to do precisely that and to primarily entertain the viewers and thereby market and sell a product.
Sure, gods are whatever we make them. I just thought the whole thing was a bit over the top with the setting, music, lighting, etc. It was as much entertainment as anything.
I think you're missing the point entirely. He purposely did not pick anyone who seemed like an easy target. He specifically wanted someone who would not be easy to manipulate.
Theists read fancy arguments by better educated theists, but don't quite understand the argument, so what comes out when you talk to them doesn't really make sense.
I believe that when theists talk about the "experience of god," what they are trying to do is talk about the experience of consciousness and/or thought that is often used as an argument for substance dualism (such as arguments by Plantinga):
You have the experience of having thoughts, therefore thought cannot be explained by merely physical processes, therefore there must exist a magical non-physical "soul" from which your thoughts and decisions originate. It's a bad argument.
And also, religious people have this habit of objectifying language. Generally speaking they are very poor observers, so that if there is a word they automatically equate that word with something that exists external to their brain, something that is more than a sound someone else made and that was registered by their senses. For them, observation does not lead to conclusion. Instead, the process is reversed.From what I gather so far most religious people believe that anything good that happens is gods doing and all bad is the Devil ,Satans fault..