Russ wrote, in part-
Faith, I would say (in fact I did earlier)
is believing something that one wouldn't otherwise believe without
faith.
Believing that the everyday world is the everyday world
doesn't seem to me to require faith.
Russ, with all due respect for the enjoyment I get from your posts, I
find this suspiciously tautological.
Who are you to define for the rest of humanity (and other sentient
life forms) what 'the everyday world' incorporates? Numerous 'for
instance' cases can immediately be made here. All you can do is define
what you believe for yourself. You cannot extrapolate what is
defensible for others to believe, from your own beliefs.
And this statement ' Faith is believing something that one wouldn't
believe without faith'. Hm and hm again.
Eagleman's new book Incognito offers fruitful information from recent
neuroscience that may interest others on this list. His ultimate
sections bring up hard questions about legal and ethical issues in the
face of the myriad 'zombie programs' that run most of our behaviour.
This looks like - but is not as simplistic as - 'yet another pop
science book.'
A review David Eagleman's "Incognito" - Brainiac
Tory
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