A new study published in the daybook Psychological Sciencesays that humans exposed to awesome instinctive phenomenon — like the sunrise borealis or stunning landscapes like the Grand Canyon — may be more probable to believe in God and the supernatural .
The researches let on one group of participant to some awesome scenes from Planet Earth , the heroic nature documentaries by the BBC . The other group were exposed to newsworthiness clip . They find out that , after watching the video , the single divulge to the Planet Earth clip were more disposed to believe that there is a supernatural ingredient see to it the word — a god or some other superior non - human being — than the ace expose to tidings clips .
According to psychological scientist Piercarlo Valdesolo — one of the authors of the work — “ the irony in this is that gazing upon things that we fuck to be formed by born cause , such as the jaw - dropping expanse of the Grand Canyon , push us to excuse them as the product of supernatural case . ” ScienceDaily also reports on another of their experiment :
… participants who check the fear - inspiring clips became more and more intolerant of incertitude . This particular mindset — a discomfort with dubiousness — may explain why feelings of reverence get a greater notion in the supernatural .
I ’m not surprised by these findings . After all , that ’s how the first beliefs of the supernatural and the development of religion itself start : world in fear look for account of the raw phenomenon that occur around them around 70,000 years ago , from totemism to animism to polytheism to monotheism . Of course , a minority of humans did n’t go with the supernatural or divine explanation , and looked for other causes , which is what finally bring us science and logical explanations to nature .
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