The Human Truth Foundation

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Human Truth Foundation pages (47):

Altruism is an Illusion, in the following sections:

The Placebo Effect and the Positive Power of the Mind on Health, in the following sections:

Boredom, in the following sections:

The Importance of Current Events is Amplified by our Egos, in the following sections:

Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths, in the following sections:

Simple Answers in a Complex and Uncertain World: What Causes Religion?, in the following sections:

Why Question Beliefs? Dangers of Placing Ideas Beyond Doubt, and Advantages of Freethought, in the following sections:

Why Are There So Many Religious People? Parents, Local Culture and Inertia, in the following sections:

Meditation, in the following sections:

Broken Toys and Magical Thinking, in the following sections:

The Biology of Dreaming

Military Inspections: What's the point?

The Future of Human Telepathy

Split Brain Studies: One Mind per Hemisphere

Self Mastery, Self Development and Lifestyle Improvement, in the following sections:

Emotions Are Biological: How Biochemistry and Neurology Account for Feelings, in the following sections:

The Illusion of Choice: Free Will and Determinism, in the following sections:

Psychosomosis - the Placebo and Nocebo Effects: Curing and Causing Disease with the Mind, in the following sections:

Alienation and Dangerous Sexual Deviation: Society's Reaction to Child Abuse Often Makes Things Worse: 4.1. Self-Suppression and Mental Health

Pride and Ego as a Cause of Religion

What Causes Religion and Superstitions?, in the following sections:

The Human Ego, in the following sections:

  • The Human Ego: 5. Species-Wide Egotism in Religion
  • Top of page / intro

Satanic Symbols and Images of Satanism

Experiences of God are Illusions, Derived from Malfunctioning Psychological Processes, in the following sections:

Homocentricity or Anthropocentrism: Why Do Religions Think Humanity Is Central to God and Creation?

The Limbic System: The Source of Emotions in the Human Brain

Religion as the Result of Human Mythmaking, in the following sections:

Curses, Hexes and The Evil Eye: The Psychology Behind Magical Evil, in the following sections:

The Nocebo Effect: Negative Psychological Effects of the Mind on the Body, in the following sections:

Social Identity as a Propagator of Religion: 3. Identity Reinforcement in a Globalized World

We Dislike Changing Our Minds: Status Quo Bias and Cognitive Dissonance

We Easily Mislead Ourselves With Unfounded Stories

Why do People Join New Religious Movements?, in the following sections:

Hyperactive Agent Detection Device (the Psychology of Religion and Superstition)

Political Power Struggles and Identity Reinforcement: Why are People Religious?

Why Did Some People in the Bible Live So Long?: 4. Sociological Data on Life Expectancy Versus Religion

Rationalism Versus Irrationality: Are Emotions Useful?

Statistical Regression: Causes of Strange Beliefs and Pseudoscience

Perception is Influenced By Expectation: You Can't Always Trust Your Senses, in the following sections:

Religion and the Fear of Death

Pareidolia - Seeing False Patterns in Random Data: Faces in Toast, Bible Codes and Conspiracy Theories, in the following sections:

The Forer (or Barnum) Effect

Hallucinations, Sensory Deprivation and Fasting: The Physiological Causes of Religious and Mystical Experiences

Dreams, Religion and Magic: A Long History of Misunderstanding, in the following sections:

Don't Panic: The World is Not About to End and Western Culture is Safe, in the following sections:

A Realistic Guide to Dream Interpretation, in the following sections:

Religious Extremism, in the following sections:

Not from the Human Truth Foundation, but still relevant (5):

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