Monday, July 18

Two of the more powerful facts or ideas I have run across in a long time are:

1)      There are reportedly 4200 different faith groups or religions in the world; and

2)      There is believed to be more unconscious brain function and activity than conscious and our conscious thoughts are often so greatly influenced by natural selection, genes and environment as to be more automatic and reflexive than we are ever even aware of.  In other words, the amount of free will we think we have  may be over estimated or exaggerated and may need closer measurement in the future.