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Human Beings Aren't Perfectly Rational Truth Seekers

5/26/2011

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One of the implicit assumptions of the Divine Hiddenness argument against the existence of God is:

If there were sufficient, or overwhelming evidence for the existence of some object, or the truth of some proposition, then intelligent people looking for that evidence wouldn't culpably miss it somehow; either because of the influence of non-cognitive , and/or cognitive processes, or some other factor(s).

However, recent empirical studies coming out of neuropsychology have disconfirmed this assumption.  Here is a link to a number of great articles that disconfirm this premise along with the conclusion of each study:

kunda_z_motivated_reasoning_psych_bull_1990.pdf
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lord_ross_lepper79_jpsp_biased-assimilation-and-attitude-polarization.pdf
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nickersonconfirmationbias.pdf
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merciersperberwhydohumansreason.pdf
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perseverance2.pdf
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w_convenient.docx
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nisbettwilson.pdf
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motivated_skepticism.pdf
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