[Dragom]

Wait, do I have to believe pot makes you high for you to get high smoking pot?

[andyt]

$1:

As for the distress response at the centre of this study, Inzlicht says the effect holds even when God isn't top of mind.

"Regardless whether you're thinking about it or not, you tend to show this effect, though it does seem to magnify when you are thinking about it."

So he's saying that believers show less stress when they make mistakes vs non-believers.

But:

$1:

"And to the extent that we want to make fewer errors in our life, having anxiety about making errors is adaptive," he said. "Because the more anxious you are about making an error, the less likely you are, in theory, to make an error in the future."

So non-belief is adaptive and should dominate over time.

Buddhist meditators will show the same response, tho not just about mistakes, but greater calmness in general, and they don't intentionally think about God at all.

[Brenda]

Dragom Dragom:

Wait, do I have to believe pot makes you high for you to get high smoking pot?

Do you have to believe hypnosis works for it to work?

[Brenda]

andyt andyt:

$1:

As for the distress response at the centre of this study, Inzlicht says the effect holds even when God isn't top of mind.

"Regardless whether you're thinking about it or not, you tend to show this effect, though it does seem to magnify when you are thinking about it."

So he's saying that believers show less stress when they make mistakes vs non-believers.

But:

$1:

"And to the extent that we want to make fewer errors in our life, having anxiety about making errors is adaptive," he said. "Because the more anxious you are about making an error, the less likely you are, in theory, to make an error in the future."

So non-belief is adaptive and should dominate over time.

The funny thing about the last one tho, is that when you have a fear for taking exams (how the heck do you call that in English??) you are VERY likely to fail, because you just go blank...

[Dragom]

Brenda Brenda:

when you have a fear for taking exams (how the heck do you call that in English??)

Fear of taking exams, or being a poor test taker.

[hurley_108]

The Article The Article:

Take the example of a believer strolling to the bus stop, for example. Admiring a church en route could prime the religious thoughts that will take the sting out of noticing the bus has passed by.

This morning, my baby woke up as I was leavig the house, and my wife was bringing her down the stairs. She had this enormous baby grin on her face, so rather than leave right away, I held her for a minute. I put her down, left, and watched my bus pass me by as I walked to the stop. Normally this makes me curse under my breath, but not today because I knew it was worth it.