Dawkins: The soul as a mythological concept
- Created by: Emily Uffindell
- Created on: 14-09-14 10:28
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- Soul as a mythological concept
- Far removed from Plato's concept of the soul.
- The idea of a "soul," is a mythological concepts invented by Ancients to explain the mysteries of consciousness.
- The concept of God provided an easy explanation for the gaps in science.
- The soul provides a convenient "explanation," of the mysteries of human personalities/consciousness.
- When we are doing this, we aren't actually explaining this.
- "Not an explanation but an evasion."
- When we are doing this, we aren't actually explaining this.
- The advances in genetics where scientists are able to make statements about personality based on genetic codes shows that scientists will eventually be able to unlock mysteries of consciousness.
- Then, there will no longer be any need to believe in the soula and
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