What are the parameters?
Posted by Eudaemonic Pie on Jan 21, 2002 at 23:22
pppa17-resalecarsoncity1-1r7409.dialinx.net (4.16.206.46)Re: Who brought in religion? (Sparrow)
How do you define belief?
One huge criticism has often been that if we allow for belief as an adaptive feature, then we end up with a Piaget-Lamarck-and-you (subjective) triage team and Ms. Cleo's psychic hot line isn't far behind. And yet, what else exactly could it mean that we don't learn by random association (ala a cognitive random variation), but instead we solve selected problems (defined by belief?). I know this wanders afield, but I'm curious how you define belief? Isn't the subjective question of belief in science itself a matter of making explicit our bias, so that when we do, then our bias forces us to face the standard question of where we will set our statistical criterion for hypothesis rejection? Why not study whether scientists get "high" en route? – are we doing it just for the endorphins? :))). Really, how to define belief?
Follow Ups:
- Re: What are the parameters? -- Bafflegab! Sparrow 22/1 23:19 (8)
- Re: What are the parameters? -- Bafflegab! DA Morgan 23/1 14:45 (7)
- DAM, you're changing the topic again... Sparrow 23/1 17:59 (6)
- My eye is on the Sparrow .. Eudaemonic Pie 24/1 13:35 (5)
- .. I ain't in the mood for quickies Eudaemonic Pie 24/1 14:48 (0)
- OK, OK, just for a minute or two.... Sparrow 24/1 14:10 (3)
- Tere's still another point of view Amaranth Rose 24/1 15:45 (2)
- Re: Tere's still another point of view Sparrow 24/1 22:31 (0)
- depends on the context bobbapink 24/1 17:17 (0)