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Harvard neurology expert reveals study on how religious fundamentalism impacts the brain (www.rawstory.com)

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The survey looked at two data sets, one with lesions and one without. They could reproduce the same patterns in both sets, making them believe the results were "real."

He went on to say that the researchers had "cross-validation" in that they could see one dataset predicted fundamentalism scores for another.

"Lastly, we explored whether our religious fundamentalism brain network resembled the neuroanatomy associated with various neurobehavioral conditions," he continued.

"The strongest similarities to the neuroanatomy linked with confabulation and criminal behavior," he said.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

People with brain lesions are more susceptible to religious fundamentalism, according to a study authored by a Harvard University neurology instructor.

Religion is for people whose brains are rotting. Check.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hah. Maybe that’s why so many religious folk say, “how can you be good without god!”

[–] Amoxtli 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Being good is relative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

True.

[–] Amoxtli 1 points 2 months ago

What is religious fundamentalism, and how is that different from the zeal of Marxism, socialism, and communism? Do other cultures both past and present have a "religion"? What is the etymology of the word religion? You have to acknowledge a lot of things before you can say "religion". Religion or just low IQ? Not a very scientific study.