Simplifying Heuristics Versus Careful Thinking: Scientific Analysis of Millennial Spiritual Issues
Abstract. There is ample evidence that humans (and other primates) possess a knowledge instinct—a biologically driven impulse to make coherent sense of the world at the highest level possible. Yet behavioral decision-making data suggest a contrary biological drive to minimize cognitive effort by sol...
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Language: | English |
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2008
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Zygon
Year: 2008, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 797-821 |
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Decision Making
B Cognitive Science B biblical story of the fall B Brain B amygdala B Psychology B Heuristics B neural networks B Risk B Original Sin B dorsolateral prefrontal cortex B Teleology B Emotions B Creativity B beautiful B effort minimization B Sublime B Causality B evolutionary adaptations B anterior cingulate cortex B knowledge instinct B frontal lobes |
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