The Great Data Experiment 

We've come a long way culturally in 10,000 years, but we should keep in mind - that that mind is - the same one that scanned the plains of equatorial Africa in the days of our Pleistocene ancestors. (Workman / Reader 2009).

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  1. Book references, summary and use
  2. IoT etc references, summary and use
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Book references, summary and use

ID Title Author(s) Comments - Date
8 A History of God Karen Armstrong xx
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24 A History of God Karen Armstrong
Key points: There have been many theories about the origins of religion. Yet it seems that creating gods is something that human beings have always done. When one religious idea ceases to work for them, it is simply replaced. These ideas disappear quietly, like the Sky God, with no great fanfare. - The Sky God refers to the notion of a single Supreme Deity who created the world and governs human affairs from afar. Father Wilhelm Schmidt suggested, in 1912, that this was the god in vogue pre the pagan pantheon of gods (time - course?). It’s also the type of god found today in indigenous African tribes. However, a characteristic of such a god is that it is so exalted and isolated form we humans as to lose its attractiveness and so is replaced by lesser spirits and more accessible gods. - Karen says that the idea of our [western] God gradually emerged about 14,000 years ago in the Middle East. Jared Diamond also refers to a similar time (definition of times) and the place - “Evidence suggests that tribal organisation beg an to emerge around 13,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent - define map p 135 – and later in other areas” (ref-8 guns, germs and steele – p 271) The Migration of Anatomically Modern Humans – New Scientist 27 October 2007 – appr 60k ya
27 Bonobo the Forgotten Ape Frans de Waal, Frans Lanting
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2 Cognitive Psychology - mind & brain Edward Smith, Stephen Kosslyn
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7 Cognitive Psychology - Mind and Brain Edward E Smith. Stephen m Kosslyn
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3 Consciousness - an Introduction Susan Blackmore
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1 Evolutioary Psychology – an Introduction Lance Workman & Will Reader
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10 Guns, germs and steel - Jarad Diamond a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years
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16 Homo Deus - Yuval Noah Harari A Brief History of Tomorrow
Key points: Obsessed with algorithms – we striving for deity status and eternal life - large groups act v different to individuals / small groups – objective, subjective and intersubjective: p168 group confidence in money value, God etc.; experiencing and narrating self, cold water experiment p344
4 How the Mind Works, Steven Pinker
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15 Not by genes alone - Peter J Richerson, Robert Boyd How culture transformed human evolution.
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25 Other Minds Peter Godfrey-Smith the Octopus & the Evolution of Intellident Life
Key points: What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually 'think for themselves'
20 Paradigms and Barriers - Howard Margolis how habits of mind govern scientific beleifs
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9 Philosopy of Religion - OCR for A Level Anne Jordan, Neil Lockyer, Edwin Tate
Key points: reviews 5 arguments for the existence of God: ontological, cosmological, design, moral, and experience
21 The Big Questions in Science and Religion Keith Ward
Key points: He takes a wide view of religions and not just the Abrahamic
6 The Blind Watchmaker Richard Dawkins
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19 The Brain - the Story of You David Eagleman
Key points: Also a 6 part TV series
5 The Brain Book - Rita Carter an illistrated guide to its Structure, Function, & Disorders
Key points: Covers the regions and problems of the brain
26 The Creation of Patriarchy Gerda Lerner
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22 The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition Michael Tomasello
Key points: more at C:\Asus WebStorage\tomr.beard@btinternet.com\MySyncFolder\working\Book - Cult orig human cog notes.xls
14 The Death of Yugoslavia Laura Silber, Allan Litte
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23 The Language of God Francis Collins A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
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18 The Meme Machine Susan Blackmore
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11 The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins
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17 The Value of Everything - Mariana Mazzucato Making and Taking in the Global Economy
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12 Unapologetic: Why, despite everything, Francis Spufford Christianity can still make surprising emotional sense
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13 Where Buddhism meets Neuroscience - Dalai Lama et al conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Spiritual & Scientific views of our minds
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29 First Life David Attenborough
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Courses from The Great Courses

ID Title by Comments
1 Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills Steven Novella 24 Lectures
Key points: Lec 2 lots examples
2 Origins of the Human Mind Stephen Hinshaw 24 Lectures
Key points: Thinking note: Evolutionary changes in last 10k yrs - Origins of the Human Mind lec7-8 - (peacock brain) selec for cult, chang in last 150k, culture only debate eg outs brain - left af 70 k 12 k faced little sun, skin pigment reduce sun so thrived, more recent lactose tollerance since argi in 10k last yrs, normal illnece psat child hood, 10:50 brain gene evidence buildinghost of brain genes change since - priming? more at C:\Asus WebStorage\tomr.beard@btinternet.com\MySyncFolder\working\Course - Orig Human Mind.doc
3 Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior Mark Leary 24 Lectures
Key points: xx
4 Theories of Human Development Malcolm W. Watson 24 Lectures
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5 Origins of Life Professor Robert M. Hazen 24 Lectures
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6 Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes, and Their Real-World Applications Professor David Sadava 24 Lectures
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7 Biology: The Science of Life Professor Stephen Nowicki 72 Lectures
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8 Science and Religion Professor Lawrence M. Principe 12 Lectures
Key points: Timeine
9 The Theory of Evolution: A History of Controversy Professor Edward J. Larson 12 Lectures
Key points: Timeine
10 Roots of Human Behavior Professor Barbara J. King 12 Lectures
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11 Biology and Human Behavior - The Neurological Origins of Individuality Professor Robert Sapolsky 24 Lectures
Key points: Lec 10 Marlin Perkins, Wild Kingdom Lec11 ,lec 12 reciprical and trolly
12 Philosophy of Religion Professor James H. Hall 36 Lectures in 3 Parts
Key points: Part I philosophy and non-preconceived approach, knowledge and evidence - Prt 1 Lec 9 start of good philo discussion on God existance, but based on old info and ultimatley Hall believes.


IoT etc references, summary and use

ID Title link Comments
1 Lamarck and Natural Selection https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005495d for area 5 facts & figs - nevolution etc
Key points: Lamarck Darwinn xx
2 The Fable of the Bees The Fable of the Bees for Implications 1
Key points: Ecconomy needs natural greed
3 The Neuroscience of Consciousness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ZTNmkIiBc Susan Greenfield at the University of Melbourne
Key points: 10:00 no centre of conscience, MRI & anaesthetic all brain closes not one area. 23:34 levels of conscience, 28:21 neural assemblies 30:00 picture and stone in puddle, 33:45 not like hard wired too much like computer, xx image meant lot to Susan nothing to audience.
4 The Cell The Cell xx
Key points: xx




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  • Emotions and feelings play a very big part and often outweigh and take precedence over any strong evidence. How much does our core worldview see xx affect and maintain our stance?

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[40]- need specific worldview attrib? any diff to idea library, lib part of warm loc place where ideas kept, but other attribs link that make it WV, not attrib per say just collection (like appeal)

[47]Continued from Idea - What makes an idea appealing, or even noticeable? We may experience the same situation as the next person, but some may cheer, some may rage and others may not even notice the idea. An idea's appeal has several components, as in the adjacent diagram, but jointly it must resonate with us, that is with our worldview - more below. The appeal may not necessarily be positive, many ideas are remembered because they are totally at odds with our worldview.

[53]Some ideas may have a common appeal as above, but obviously many have only personal appeal, and a particular group of these may form our 'worldview' - one definition, as given by Collins dictionary, being: "the way a person sees and understands the world, especially regarding issues such as politics, religion and philosophy

[55]Logically we should formulate our worldview based on our experiences and understanding of the world as we live through it, but to some extent this idea appears to be false. Of course we all change our views over time, such as politically, superficially changing from the youthful communist to adult capitalist, and religiously possibly finding God / Jesus or losing them, but I suggest that the seeds of our worldview form very early in life and continue to grow true; we may graft on other ideas, but they are often pruned away later and we stay true to our substantial core view (not withstanding brain damage or ill health). The seeds consist of our particular brain architecture (based on genetics and early environment) together with our early life experiences.

[58]In a discusion with three like minded individuals Alister McGrath (professor of theology also DPhil in Molecular Biophysics and one time athiest) suggests that we establish a worldview first, then consider evidence in relation to it and form conclusions sympathetic to our worldview (Philosophy, Science and the God Debate (Part 2) - Mc Ali 2:30). Further examples of worldview first.

[65]Spiritual worldview

[66]A key component of our worldview appears to depend on whether we regard ourselves as spiritual or materialists; are we content with just a physical world, or is there more? - see adjacent diagram. Those not content raise questions such as those below and strive to find answers, whereas the materialist regards such questions as inappropriate, or just constructs of minds in a society.

[73]Political and Social worldview

[74]There are of course other aspects of worldview that don't include the mysterious supernatural option, namely politics and social attitudes. But even floating voters are looking for something aligning with existing views, or perhaps can be persuaded to change attitude, but probably not very far - in general we are loyal to our idea team. An extreme example is the UK referendum to leave the EU; when asked to vote no body understood the true complexities and repercussions of leaving, even if reliable information had been available. The Yes or No was applied purely on worldview feelings, which included many with no connection to the question in hand e.g. attitude to the current government and foreigners, and lost historic national pride.

[76]For all its failings the maintenance of a worldview is a very useful strategy, it save us from constantly needing to assess ideas and create a conclusion, much easier to "just look up" what our response should be. This may be a good strategy for survival in a fast moving realtime envirinment, but not the best strategy for the complex world wide social environment that we have created. Our worldview represents who we are and we're very protective of it, but there are many influences on it and how much control do we have of it? {more ref?}.

[78]This links with my previous discussion in Veracity and Categories of Ideas - The balancing act (end of 2nd para. and further on at Categories of ideas - 3 Supernatural world ideas: end of last para.) where I suggest that our notion of an idea's veracity is ultimamtly based on if it "feels right", this feeling is often based based on our worldview. This feeling happens after all relavent evidance is reviewed, but of course the evidentual ideas themselves are subject to this "feels right" so creating a steady accumulation of feelings, culminating in the final verdict.

[81]Fit with temperament and worldview 2

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[39]brain-op2Examples from: 2 Our social world, and 3 Personal worldview, can'nt be shown as they are at best firing neurons within our brains.{why end with no /p}

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[380]processing functionof material things, of objects and actions in the world. The style of our actions (e.g. violent, compationate, object creation, comms) are physicalnd, but the motives behind are very complex and relate to information processing as addressed in 2 above. To those of us with a materialist worldview that's it, but to those of a Theology or Hierology worldview there is more, this supper physical world. .... {why end with no /p}

[382]are confined to tangible physical objects (I couldn't see or touch the bells, but they were generating sound waves that did touch my ear drums), are from a materialist's worldview stand point, what you see is what there is and its existannce is explainable from what we see, all be it with the help of the thinking and physical tools that we have developed.

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[147]All to the left excluding 'memory' forms our library, add in memory and it forms our 'worldview' - is that right?.

[149]As mentioned already, the ideas in this library also relate to memories and emotions, but they also have many other things tagged to them, see adjacent diagram. I propose that ideas with all their tags, and their associated memories and emotions constitute our worldview.

[151]Our worldview goes a long way to defining who we are, our beliefs, attitudes and values, but there are other important features such as open mindedness that depend more on brain style - see xx. also Wiki. Our environment is another important defining influences, from the fortunes of birth (where in the world and parental care), continuing with our life experiences and of course enviromental influence on our genes from conception to death.

[171]- type 3 Personal worldview items that include personal opinions and values, but others will be

[172]- type 2 Local social worldview of various items refelecting individuals knowledge of conventionally agree facts.

[565]What makes an idea appealing, or even noticeable? We may experience the same situation as the next person, but some may cheer, some may rage and others may not even notice the idea. An idea's appeal has several components, as in the adjacent diagram, but jointly it must resonate with us, that is with our worldview - as above. The appeal may not necessarily be positive, many ideas are remembered because they are totally at odds with our worldview.

[704]But to appreciate these triggers we generally need background information: at the minimum a language, a bit of maths is useful, social conventions are important and so too possibly social symbols. We also apply our personal worldview (see below) to assess the importance of a trigger and how it should subsequently be processed. As our lives progress these processed triggers amass as our personal knowledge library (and together with attitudes and values form out worldview), which is constantly being reviewed as we self reflect on existing and new items; this also establishes our desire to seek out similar information.

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[173]life stages: parent's ideas accepted (asbestos); peirs, teachers etc ideas added; teenage rebelion intelectual challenge; settle to life style & worldview, but how open minded [179]

We all need a Collective worldview to live within.

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[317]Further speculation on the worldview first

[319]original note in article - My speculation on the early establishment of worldview style is covered further (with a ready answere to most of these questions.examples) in {link to article or foot note}

[321]but is this right - Goo when does worldview form Worldview Transformation and the Development of Social Consciousness

[417]Examples of Idea fit with temperament and worldview / attitude

[743]Further speculation on the worldview first

[745]original note in article - My speculation on the early establishment of worldview style is covered further (with a ready answere to most of these questions.examples) in {link to article or foot note}

[747]but is this right - Goo when does worldview form Worldview Transformation and the Development of Social Consciousness

[751]back

[843]Examples of Idea fit with temperament and worldview / attitude

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[122]Collective worldview - life framework, explanation, life purpose, justice, preservation, authority & protection / care ..... .

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