what is your response to the following premise?

Question

I would like to make a special request that you answer this question after having spent at most 10 minutes reading something called The Premise. It is quite captivating and insightful about humans' approach to understanding the world (hence i have put this under anthropology). It provides, to me, a fascinating introduction to the stress that comes with having the ability to be self-conscious, and the ways in which we try to deal with this stress.

The Premise is from a book called 'the god part of the brain'. The Premise is located at:

http://www.godpart.com/html/the_premise.html

The Premise is not reproduced here because it is too long to include, and only requires a click to get to through the above link.

I respectfully request that answerers participate in this question after familiarising themselves with the entire premise.

Thanks! :-)

Answer 1

We as humans are 'hard wired' for most traits, but we are also hard wired to be free thinking cognitive creatures. Spirituality is a base, education and free will alter that base and create those who believe in God or any 'supreme puppetmaster', and those who are die hard agnostics and atheists. Nature vs nuture at its best. Insightful article, thanks for sharing.

Answer 2

respectfully, I read the Godpart because its free. I did not offer to buy the rest of the premise because I am a churchmouse. A smart churchmouse, but a churchmouse nonetheless. I know that the world was created as part and parcel of the experiment called intelligent life. We are entertainment but not in the way movies are set. We are hardwired to accept nothing but what pleases our senses. Many cannot get beyond the act of defecating three hours after eating but they have a purpose beyond that to please their hardwired image of the creator. So what really do we who know more do? We have thruout history saught to lead others to an enlightenment that doesn't enclude the entertainment value. Get with it, even I a lowly church mouse knows that it is the action that matters, not the actors, creak them floors, rattle those cages because life is an amazing adventure meant to be shared, meant to be entertaining to everyone who enjoys a good laugh. Where have all the DB Coopers gone anyway?

Answer 3

interesting, but slightly misguided.
I have difficulty with the notion that areas of the brain are "generating" the behaviour.
In my opinion they are the areas of the brain that have "learned" the behaviour.
genetics created the vocal chords in our throats, but there was no program for their use.
over time, the accidental noises produced by primitives have coalesced into language.
that was a learning response, not the creation of something pre-ordained.
the reason those parts of the brain are active during speech is that they are monitoring and updating our use of language... the same thing they have always done.

Answer 4

Anything that purports to have "evidence" of human anthropology based on baseless religious clams is a false premise and need not be read.

Come back when you're willing to talk solely of verifiable fact, not fairy tales.

Answer 5

I read it and with all due respect, the argument presented is based on faulty logic. I could write 20 pages here and discuss every single fallacy.
Let me suggest that you familiarize yourself with logical fallacies and then reread the document critically.