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In the minds of many, the assassination remains a tragedy cloaked in mystery. How does this lack of closure – and the general distrust it fomented – resonate in American culture and politics today?
The Antill 7: On belief
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Four stories on belief: from the allure of cults and conspiracy theories, to the effect of trauma on faith, to the way dogma has influenced science – and if technology can actually shift our beliefs.
Social scientists investigate when and why liberals and conservatives mistrust science. The apparent split may be more about cultural and personal beliefs than feelings about science itself.
Abu Nasr al-Farabi can teach us about the thinking behind radicalisation, and offers a warning to terrorists guilty of ‘over-belief’.
People with different views on guns don’t just see guns differently, they see the world differently.
The very goal of science, to discover the new and unknown, is hampered by any outdated personal beliefs scientists hold.
While children from religious households may seem less generous according to one piece of research, seen in another light these traits may be a good thing.
People rate the risks of global threats to humanity surprisingly high. We need to understand the impacts of a loss of faith in notions of material progress and scientific and technological fixes.
There are religious and non-religious extremists and we should not confuse violent believers with religion itself, which has a long history of peacemaking.
Naive theories of all kinds persist in the face of contradictory arguments and even in those who know them to be false.
All sorts of claims about religious decline are flying around at the moment, from George Carey’s comment that the Church of England is “one generation away from extinction” to Richard Dawkins’ comments…
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Cognitive and Parapsychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor Emeritus of Cognitive NeuroImaging, Aston University
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