Re: [FairfieldLife] Those who reject superstition are displaying extra brain power

2014-02-02 Thread Share Long
noozguru I always figured that astrology is a science, meaning that people observed over and over that certain kinds of events happened when there were certain configurations in the sky. On Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:23 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:   So says a bunch of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Those who reject superstition are displaying extra brain power

2014-02-02 Thread authfriend
Wow, ya think? noozguru I always figured that astrology is a science, meaning that people observed over and over that certain kinds of events happened when there were certain configurations in the sky. On Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:23 PM, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: So

[FairfieldLife] Those who reject superstition are displaying extra brain power

2014-02-01 Thread TurquoiseB
Remember the talk of omens when a couple of birds attacked the Pope's peace doves? Remember when Maharishi mistook an icicle on his balcony for Shiva? New research suggests that the brains of many people are naturally susceptible to projecting meaning onto meaningless events and considering them

Re: [FairfieldLife] Those who reject superstition are displaying extra brain power

2014-02-01 Thread Michael Jackson
Can you expand on the icicle event? I have never heard that story. On Sat, 2/1/14, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Those who reject superstition are displaying extra brain power To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date

Re: [FairfieldLife] Those who reject superstition are displaying extra brain power

2014-02-01 Thread Bhairitu
So says a bunch of folks who have only developed the intellect and not intuition. Plus the superstitious beliefs they were looking at were western in nature. They would probably also think that people using Sanskrit mantras to meditate are praying to superstitious gods. ROTFL! Thing is,