[Vision2020] Highly religious people are less motivated by compassion than are non-believers

[Art Deco]

This should be three first things on your to-do list:

Reading Comprehension
Read Entire Post Before Making An Ass of Yourself
Honesty

w.


On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:

> When did people start conflating skepticism with arrogance and
> foolishness?  It should be the default outlook when anyone tells you
> anything that is in any way surprising.
>
> Paul
>
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> *From:* Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>
> *To:* vision2020 at moscow.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 2, 2012 9:19 AM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Highly religious people are less motivated by
> compassion than are non-believers
>
> It's not enough to express skepticism without giving reasons.  Any fool
> can do that.
>
> If you want to exhibit more than arrogance, criticize the experimental
> design of the multiple studies cited.  Such design are open to criticism as
> is any early experimental works on particular subjects.  In this case the
> lack of clear and precise definitions make unclear what is being measured.
>
> However, as with many pioneering experimental work, the results are
> suggestive.  Now the methodology needs to be refined, and further, broader
> experiments pursued with more care and rigor.  That's how science works.
> In the case of social and behavioral sciences, the struggle for clearer
> definitions and results is much more difficult than in the physical
> sciences because of the number of variables involved and the difficulty of
> isolating the variables.  That doesn't mean, however, that the search for
> knowledge in this area should be abandoned.
>
> w.
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Donovan Arnold <
> donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, Chas, it seems far-fetched that such values could be so easily
> quantified and measured with any scientific accuracy or validity.
>
> Donovan Arnold
>
>   *From:* Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>
> *To:* Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>; "vision2020 at moscow.com" <
> vision2020 at moscow.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 1, 2012 8:33 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Highly religious people are less motivated by
> compassion than are non-believers
>
>  The study looked at generosity and charity, and tried to determine the
> motives behind those behaviors. It decided that the highly religious were
> driven towards acts of generosity and charity less often by empathy and
> compassion than were the non-religious/less religious. I'm skeptical that
> such a determination can legitimately be made.
>
>
>
>
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