Haha, what?

[unnamed525]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogrssfeed/~3/JsTvn791KGs/researchers-find-brain-differences-between-believers-and-non-believers-19202.htmlBelieving in God can help block anxiety and minimize stress, according to new University of Toronto research that shows distinct brain differences between believers and non-believers

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[tyrell]

I have no words.

[ghandiavelli]

I've suspected this.

[fingerthemiddle]

"The stronger their religious zeal and the more they believed in God, the less their ACC fired in response to their own errors, and the fewer errors they made."

Wait. So their brains don't tell them when they make errors as often, so that means they don't make as many errors? I must be reading that all wrong...

Thanks to evo psych, making shit up is science now!

[nix_nevermind]

My guess is that religious/spiritual faith/commitment and error responses evolved to work in concert. I'm sure you've had the experience of fumbling frustratedly through a trail of mistakes after being derailed by an initial fuck-up (sorry about the technical terminology). I sure have, anyway... Maybe faith takes the edge off and allows for smooth error correction. /asstalkingoutof

[laura_can_spell]

Well it doesn't really take electrodes to tell ya that religion is a fucking sedative.

[force_of_will]

Beware of the dark side young padawan...