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Amit Goswami realmente existe!

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Em minha palestra Ciência e Religião: Quatro Perspectivas, dada no IEA-RP, chamei de pseudocientífica toda crença que  afirma que possui evidências científicas a seu favor quando esse não é exatamente o caso. O melhor que uma opinião filosófica, ideológica ou religiosa deve afirmar é que ela é “compatível com” e não “derivada do” conhecimento científico. Essa também é a posição de Freeman Dyson.

Durante a palestra, fiz uma crítica a Amit Goswami que se revelou mais tarde bastante errada, e devo aqui registrar um “erramos” ou mea culpa.  Pelo fato de que Goswami não tem uma página na Wikipedia inglesa (mas apenas na Portuguesa) e devido a ter feito uma busca na Web of Science que não revelou nenhum artigo de física desse autor, fiz a inferência apressada de que talvez Amit Goswami fosse um pseudônimo de uma personagem menor (assim como Acharya S. é o pseudônimo de Dorothy M. Murdock, a propagadora da teoria da conspiração do Cristo Mítico).

Creio que os editores da Wikipedia foram demasiado rigorosos com Goswami. Afinal, embora ele seja um físico não notável, com índice de Hirsch igual a sete, ele pelo menos tem um PhD e é autor de um livro-texto sério de Física Quântica.  Sua migração para a New Age, seguindo os passos de Fritjof Capra, longe de ser um demérito, pode refletir grande inteligência social e financeira (ironia aqui!).  Assim, se deletaram Goswami da Wikipedia, deveriam deletar Acharya S. também, por coerência!

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amit Goswami

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article’s talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Guillaume2303′s research indicates that the early “keep” opinions likely apply to another, more notable person of the same name, which means that they are not taken into consideration here. The “keep” opinions by Jleibowitz101 and 159.245.32.2 are also not taken into account as they are not based on our inclusion rules and practices.  Sandstein  06:25, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Amit Goswami

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I’m just not convinced this article really demonstrates notability. He played a small role in a couple films, he wrote books outside his field for very minor publishers, and… er, that’s about it. I’m just not buying it, and the lack of good WP:RS - this has major primary sourcing issues – is another mark against it. Perhaps something can be salvaged, but I’m not convinced the case has been made. ETA: Guillaume2303′s point (below) that there are multiple people of this name, and this article appears to be on the much less notable one is rather significant. 86.** IP (talk) 21:07, 3 April 2012 (UTC) Read more [+]

Historiadores da Ciência rejeitam a tese de conflito entre Ciência e Religião

20 de junho de 2013 Reply

Mais material para o meu livro sobre Ateísmo 3.0

Conflict thesis

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For a socio-historical theory with a similar name, see Conflict theory.

Conflict: Galileo before the Holy Office, byJoseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, a 19th century depiction of the Galileo Affair, religion suppressing heliocentric science.

The conflict thesis is the proposition that there is an intrinsic intellectual conflict between religion and science and that the relationship between religion and science inevitably leads to public hostility. The thesis, refined beyond its most simplistic original forms, remains generally popular. However, historians of science no longer support it.[1][2][3][4]

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Palestra no Instituto de Estudos Avançados (RP) sobre Ciência e Religião

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sexta-feira, 9 de novembro de 2012

Ciência e Religião: quatro perspectivas

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Data e Horário: 26/11 às 14h30
Local: Salão de Eventos do Centro de Informática de Ribeirão Preto – CIRP/USP (localização)

O evento, que será apresentado por Osame Kinouchi, discutirá quatro diferentes visões sobre a interação entre Ciência e Religião: o conflito, a separação, o diálogo e a integração. Examinando as fontes de conflito recentes (Culture Wars), o professor sugere que elas têm origem no Romantismo Anticientífico, religioso ou laico.

Segundo Osame, a ideia de separação entre os campos Religioso e Científico já não parece ser viável devido aos avanços da Ciência em tópicos antes considerados metafísicos, tais como as origens do Universo (Cosmologia), da Vida (Astrobiologia), da Mente (Neurociências) e mesmo das Religiões (Neuroteologia, Psicologia Evolucionária e Ciências da Religião).
A palestra mostrará também que tentativas de integração forçada ou prematura entre Religião e Ciência correm o risco de derivar para a Pseudociência. Sendo assim, na visão do professor, uma posição mais acadêmica de diálogo de alto nível pode ser um antídoto para uma polarização cultural ingênua entre Ateísmo e Religiosidade.

Vídeo do evento

Mais Ateísmo 3.0

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Livro 1 aqui. Livro 2 aqui.

Paper abaixo: Mais uma referência para meu livro sobre o estudo científico das origens da Religião e do Ateísmo. É curioso que, ao contrário do que se poderia esperar usando uma amostra de ateus na internet (que eu sei que é estatisticamente tendenciosa porque a amostra é auto-selecionada), esta pesquisa estatística mostra que, em geral, ateus americanos não escondem sua identidade religiosa por medo de retaliações ou discriminação social. Pelo contrário, a maior motivação é de certa forma paternalista, no sentido de preservar ou proteger parentes amados (por exemplo, mães e avós) de uma realidade que possivelmente eles não entenderiam. Eu acrescentaria aqui a motivação de preservar ou conservar relações amorosas quando um dos parceiros tem tendências religiosas ou espirituais, a exemplo de Penny e Leonard no The Big Bang Theory.

Open Peer Commentary

Insights from studying prejudice in the context of American atheists

Eric P. Charlesa1, Nicholas J. Rowlanda2, Brooke Longa3 and Fritz Yarrisona3

a1 Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, PA 16602. [email protected]http://www.charlespsychology.com

a2 Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, PA 16602. [email protected]http://www.sites.google.com/site/professorrowland/

a3 Department of Sociology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242.

Abstract

Our research on non-religion supports the proposed shift toward more interactive models of prejudice. Being nonreligious is easily hideable and, increasingly, of low salience, leading to experiences not easily understood via traditional or contemporary frameworks for studying prejudice and prejudice reduction. This context affords new opportunity to observe reverse forms of interactive prejudice, which can interfere with prejudice reduction. Read more [+]

Seleção Artificial Cosmológica: primeiras referências

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Tive a mesma ideia em 1995, mas não publiquei. Sexta feira passada, achei numa pasta abandonada os escritos que estão digitalizados aqui.  Por um erro de memória, confundi Lee Smolin (em inglês e mais completo aqui) com Sidney Coleman.

Meduso-anthropic principle

The meduso-anthropic principle is a quasi-organic universe theory originally proposed by mathematician and quantum gravity scholar Louis Crane in 1994.

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Universes and black holes as potential life cycle partners

Crane’s MAP is a variant of the hypothesis of cosmological natural selection (fecund universes), originally proposed by cosmologist Lee Smolin (1992). It is perhaps the first published hypothesis of cosmological natural selection with intelligence (CNS-I), where intelligence plays some proposed functional role in universe reproduction. It is also an interpretation of the anthropic principle (fine-tuning problem). The MAP suggests the development and life cycle of the universe is similar to that of Corals and Jellyfish, in which dynamic Medusa are analogs for universal intelligence, in co-evolution and co-development with sessile Polyp generations, which are analogs for both black-holes and universes. In the proposed life cycle, the Universe develops intelligent life and intelligent life produces new baby universes. Crane further speculates that our universe may also exist as a black hole in a parallel universe, and extraterrestrial life there may have created that black hole.

Crane’s work was published in 1994 as a preprint on arXiv.org. In 1995, in an an article in QJRAS, emeritus cosmologist Edward Harrison (1919-2007) independently proposed that the purpose of intelligent life is to produce successor universes, in a process driven by natural selection at the universal scale. Harrison’s work was apparently the first CNS-I hypothesis to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Why future civilizations might create black holes

Crane speculates that successful industrial civilizations will eventually create black holes, perhaps for scientific research, for energy production, or for waste disposal. After the hydrogen of the universe is exhausted civilizations may need to create black holes in order to survive and give their descendants the chance to survive. He proposes that Hawking radiation from very small, carefully engineered black holes would provide the energy enabling civilizations to continue living when other sources are exhausted.

Philosophical implications

According to Crane, Harrison, and other proponents of CNS-I, mind and matter are linked in an organic-like paradigm applied at the universe scale. Natural selection in living systems has given organisms the imperative to survive and reproduce, and directed their intelligence to that purpose. Crane’s MAP proposes a functional purpose for intelligence with respect to universe maintenance and reproduction. Universes of matter produce intelligence, and intelligent entities are ultimately driven to produce new universes.

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Os deuses de Richard Dawkins

20 de junho de 2013 Reply

File:NASA child bubble exploration.jpgMy personal theology is described in the Gifford lectures that I gave at Aberdeen in Scotland in 1985, published under the title, Infinite In All Directions. Here is a brief summary of my thinking. The universe shows evidence of the operations of mind on three levels. The first level is elementary physical processes, as we see them when we study atoms in the laboratory. The second level is our direct human experience of our own consciousness. The third level is the universe as a whole. Atoms in the laboratory are weird stuff, behaving like active agents rather than inert substances. They make unpredictable choices between alternative possibilities according to the laws of quantum mechanics. It appears that mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent inherent in every atom. The universe as a whole is also weird, with laws of nature that make it hospitable to the growth of mind. I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension. God may be either a world-soul or a collection of world-souls. So I am thinking that atoms and humans and God may have minds that differ in degree but not in kind. We stand, in a manner of speaking, midway between the unpredictability of atoms and the unpredictability of God. Atoms are small pieces of our mental apparatus, and we are small pieces of God’s mental apparatus. Our minds may receive inputs equally from atoms and from God. This view of our place in the cosmos may not be true, but it is compatible with the active nature of atoms as revealed in the experiments of modern physics. I don’t say that this personal theology is supported or proved by scientific evidence. I only say that it is consistent with scientific evidence.  Freeman Dyson

Parece que Dawkins está rumando para uma posição similar à de Gardner, Clément Vidal e outros da comunidade Evo-Devo Universe.

Human Gods

After two hours of conversation, Professor Dawkins walks far afield. He talks of the possibility that we might co-evolve with computers, a silicon destiny. And he’s intrigued by the playful, even soul-stirring writings of Freeman Dyson, the theoretical physicist.

In one essay, Professor Dyson casts millions of speculative years into the future. Our galaxy is dying and humans have evolved into something like bolts of superpowerful intelligent and moral energy.

Doesn’t that description sound an awful lot like God?

“Certainly,” Professor Dawkins replies. “It’s highly plausible that in the universe there are God-like creatures.”

He raises his hand, just in case a reader thinks he’s gone around a religious bend. “It’s very important to understand that these Gods came into being by an explicable scientific progression of incremental evolution.”

Could they be immortal? The professor shrugs.

“Probably not.” He smiles and adds, “But I wouldn’t want to be too dogmatic about that.”

Ultimatum Game, empatia e geek syndrome

20 de junho de 2013 Reply

Mais referências para meu paper sobre relacão entre geek syndrome e ateísmo.

Testosterone Administration Decreases Generosity in the Ultimatum Game 

Paul J. Zak, Robert Kurzban, Sheila Ahmadi, Ronald S. Swerdloff, Jang Park, Levan Efremidze, Karen Redwine, Karla Morgan, William MatznerGenerosity in the Ultimatum Game Testosterone … Testosterone Administration Decreases Generosity in the Ultimatum Game … draws. Using the UltimatumGame from behavioralPLoS ONE: Research Article, published 16 Dec 200910.1371/journal.pone.0008330


Empathy Emerges Spontaneously in the Ultimatum Game: Small Groups and Networks

Jaime Iranzo, Luis M. Floría, Yamir Moreno, Angel Sánchezin the Ultimatum Game: Small Groups and Networks Empathy Emerges Spontaneously in Ultimatum Games Jaime Iranzo … Empathy Emerges Spontaneously in the Ultimatum Game: Small Groups and Networks … . TheUltimatum game, in which one subject proposes how to sharePLoS ONE: Research Article, published 26 Sep 201210.1371/journal.pone.0043781


Cognitive Control and Individual Differences in Economic Ultimatum Decision-Making

Wim De Neys, Nikolay Novitskiy, Leen Geeraerts, Jennifer Ramautar, Johan Wagemansin Economic Ultimatum Decision-Making Cognitive Control and Ultimatum Game Wim De Neys 1 * Nikolay … Cognitive Control and Individual Differences in EconomicUltimatum Decision-Making … ultimatum game, for example, most people turn downPLoS ONE: Research Article, published 09 Nov 201110.1371/journal.pone.0027107


Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene Associated with Fairness Preference in Ultimatum Game

Songfa Zhong, Salomon Israel, Idan Shalev, Hong Xue, Richard P. Ebstein, Soo Hong ChewPreference in Ultimatum Game DRD4/Season of Birth/Fairness … Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene Associated with Fairness Preference in Ultimatum Game … of theultimatum game , in which two individuals decide on howPLoS ONE: Research Article, published 03 Nov 201010.1371/journal.pone.0013765


Rejection of Unfair Offers Can Be Driven by Negative Emotions, Evidence from Modified Ultimatum Games with Anonymity

Ning Ma, Nan Li, Xiao-Song He, De-Lin Sun, Xiaochu Zhang, Da-Ren Zhangby Negative Emotions, Evidence from Modified Ultimatum Games … Rejection of Unfair Offers Can Be Driven by Negative Emotions, Evidence from ModifiedUltimatum Games with Anonymity … is still controversial. With modified ultimatumgamesPLoS ONE: Research Article, published 28 Jun 201210.1371/journal.pone.0039619


Suffering Makes You Egoist: Acute Pain Increases Acceptance Rates and Reduces Fairness during a Bilateral Ultimatum Game

Alessandra Mancini, Viviana Betti, Maria Serena Panasiti, Enea Francesco Pavone, Salvatore Maria Agliotia Bilateral Ultimatum Game Suffering Makes You Egoist … Suffering Makes You Egoist: Acute Pain Increases Acceptance Rates and Reduces Fairness during a Bilateral Ultimatum Game … of the Ultimatum Game (UG) both in the role of responderPLoS ONE: Research Article, published 12 Oct 201110.1371/journal.pone.0026008


Mathematically Gifted Adolescents Have Deficiencies in Social Valuation and Mentalization

Kyongsik Yun, Dongil Chung, Bosun Jang, Jin Ho Kim, Jaeseung Jeongof the same age using the repeated Ultimatum Game. Twenty … participated in theUltimatum Game. Two adolescents … as a responder. Because of its simplicity, theUltimatum GamePLoS ONE: Research Article, published 04 Apr 201110.1371/journal.pone.0018224

Para que servem os ateus?

20 de junho de 2013 Reply

 

Coelhos = religiosos, raposas = ateus?

Estou achando que preciso correr para escrever o meu livro intitulado “Deus e Acaso”, baseado em postagens deste blog. Alguns dos temas do livro já estão sendo discutidos em papers recentes, parece que existe um interesse cada vez maior sobre o assunto. Ver por exemplo o artigo abaixo, que foi um target article em um número inteiro dedicado a discussões desse tipo na revista Religion, Brain & Behavior.

What are atheists for? Hypotheses on the functions of non-belief in the evolution of religion

DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2012.667948

Dominic Johnsona*
pages 48-70

Version of record first published: 27 Apr 2012

Abstract

An explosion of recent research suggests that religious beliefs and behaviors are universal, arise from deep-seated cognitive mechanisms, and were favored by natural selection over human evolutionary history. However, if a propensity towards religious beliefs is a fundamental characteristic of human brains (as both by-product theorists and adaptationists agree), and/or an important ingredient of Darwinian fitness (as adaptationists argue), then how do we explain the existence and prevalence of atheists – even among ancient and traditional societies? The null hypothesis is that – like other psychological traits – due to natural variation among individuals in genetics, physiology, and cognition, there will always be a range of strengths of religious beliefs. Atheists may therefore simply represent one end of a natural distribution of belief. However, an evolutionary approach to religion raises some more interesting adaptivehypotheses for atheism, which I explore here. Key among them are: (1) frequency dependence may mean that atheism as a “strategy” is selected for (along with selection for the “strategy” of belief), as long as atheists do not become too numerous; (2) ecological variation may mean that atheism outperforms belief in certain settings or at certain times, maintaining a mix in the overall population; (3) the presence of atheists may reinforce or temper religious beliefs and behaviors in the face of skepticism, boosting religious commitment, credibility, or practicality in the group as a whole; and (4) the presence of atheists may catalyze the functional advantages of religion, analogous to the way that loners or non-participants can enhance the evolution of cooperation. Just as evolutionary theorists ask what religious beliefs are “for” in terms of functional benefits for Darwinian fitness, an evolutionary approach suggests we should also at least consider what atheists might be for.

Na USP, a Psicologia da Religião estuda agora o Ateísmo

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Mais material para o livro sobre @teismo = estudo científico origens do ateísmo

Laboratório do IP analisa religiosidade e ateísmo do ponto de vista psicológico

Publicado em Comportamento, USP Online Destaque por Diego Rodrigues em 22 de agosto de 2012 |   

Dinâmica psicológica de indivíduos religiosos e ateus é foco de estudos no IP Foto: Wikimedia

Como entender os fenômenos religiosos? Qual a ação da religião na psique das pessoas? Estudos do Instituto de Psicologia (IP) da USP buscam responder questões como essas, utilizando as abordagens da psicologia. Desde 2000, por iniciativa do professor Geraldo José de Paiva, o Laboratório de Psicologia Social da Religião concentra essas pesquisas.

O grupo é formado por 12 pessoas, todos doutores e doutorandos. Não apenas da USP. Instituições de ensino como a PUC e o Mackenzie trabalham em pareceria para desenvolver  pesquisas concretas sobre o fenômeno religioso. Alguns dos colaboradores do Laboratório têm ainda formação diversa,  como pós-graduação em Ciência da Religião, e em Semiótica, que é o estudo dos sistemas de significação.

Ateus

A mais recente pesquisa do Laboratório analisa diferenças entre religiosos e ateus. Os pontos estudados dizem respeito aos processos de enfrentamento das dificuldades, o bem-estar psicológico e fatores de personalidade. O grupo busca verificar se o enfrentamento dos problemas é influenciado pela opção religiosa; se há correlações entre fatores de personalidade e as opções religiosas feitas por cada indivíduo; e se o bem-estar é afetado por estas opções. Read more [+]

Ateísmo Cristão 2.0

20 de junho de 2013 Reply

Com a ideia de transformar meus posts sobre ateísmo e religião em um livro, dou continuidade à série.

Talvez se o Ateísmo Cristão incorporasse as idéias do Allain de Botton sobre Religião para Ateus, ele poderia ganhar mais força e capacidade de sedução memética… Na verdade, se pensarmos bem, a Teologia da Libertação não incorporou direito essas ideias de Alain de Botton e talvez isto explique a sua decadência.

Christian atheism

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaChristian atheism is an ideology in which the belief in the God of Christianity is rejected or absent but the moral teachings of Jesus are followed. Read more [+]
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