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Brain Differences Found Between in Believers in God and Non-Believers

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    AspDotNetDev
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    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304160400.htm. I suspect believers make terrible programmers.

    Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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      http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304160400.htm. I suspect believers make terrible programmers.

      Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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      Nagy Vilmos
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      I'm going for the what bollocks option. I am a practising Christian AND a danged good code monkey.

      Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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        http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304160400.htm. I suspect believers make terrible programmers.

        Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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        Matthew Faithfull
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        AspDotNetDev wrote:

        I suspect believers make terrible programmers.

        and I suspect science would prove you wrong. :)

        "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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          I'm going for the what bollocks option. I am a practising Christian AND a danged good code monkey.

          Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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          Jorgen Andersson
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          Practician does not necessarily equal believer. I also didn't find any references to whether this would affect coding in the article.

          "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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            http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304160400.htm. I suspect believers make terrible programmers.

            Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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            Lost User
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            As our Hungarian friend so succinctly put it : "what bollocks". Tests such as these are far from scientific, and have as much relationship to truth and reality as a politician's promises.

            Use the best guess

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              Practician does not necessarily equal believer. I also didn't find any references to whether this would affect coding in the article.

              "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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              Nagy Vilmos
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              I disagree. To be a practising Christian one needs to believe in God.

              Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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                I disagree. To be a practising Christian one needs to believe in God.

                Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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                Jorgen Andersson
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                I guess it depends on how you define practicing. I remember a guy at school that was "practicing" because it was expected by his family, he didn't actually believe. How does that count?

                "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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                  I disagree. To be a practising Christian one needs to believe in God.

                  Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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                  Rhys Gravell
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                  Really? I'd have thought that to be an actual Christian you would need that belief, but if you are still just practising being one... ;P

                  Rhys "If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the Universe"

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                    I guess it depends on how you define practicing. I remember a guy at school that was "practicing" because it was expected by his family, he didn't actually believe. How does that count?

                    "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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                    Pete OHanlon
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                    Jörgen Andersson wrote:

                    I remember a guy at school that was "practicing" because it was expected by his family, he didn't actually believe

                    Then he wasn't really practicing was he? He was just going through the motions.

                    I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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                      Jörgen Andersson wrote:

                      I remember a guy at school that was "practicing" because it was expected by his family, he didn't actually believe

                      Then he wasn't really practicing was he? He was just going through the motions.

                      I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
                      CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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                      Bassam Abdul Baki
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                      So come on, come on, do the loco-motion with me. Sorry! Not sure what got over me there for a second. :sigh:

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                      • N Nagy Vilmos

                        I disagree. To be a practising Christian one needs to believe in God.

                        Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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                        Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                        History seems to disagree, in fact it shows you dont even need to one to be pope!

                        You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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                          Jörgen Andersson wrote:

                          I remember a guy at school that was "practicing" because it was expected by his family, he didn't actually believe

                          Then he wasn't really practicing was he? He was just going through the motions.

                          I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
                          CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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                          Maybe I have the wrong understanding of the word practicing then. Just curious what was wrong with my message, what in that message was abusive?

                          "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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                          • A AspDotNetDev

                            http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304160400.htm. I suspect believers make terrible programmers.

                            Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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                            ZurdoDev
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                            I suspect believers make terrible programmers.

                            How so? The article states, "They're much less anxious and feel less stressed when they have made an error." I see that as a good thing. In my experience, those who get all stressed out perform worse than those who remain calm because they can't think straight. Based on that evidence I would have to say that believers would make better programmers.

                            There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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                              http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304160400.htm. I suspect believers make terrible programmers.

                              Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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                              Lost User
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                              It doesn't say which God.

                              “I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks

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                                Maybe I have the wrong understanding of the word practicing then. Just curious what was wrong with my message, what in that message was abusive?

                                "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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                                Pete OHanlon
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                                Maybe it was the same person who voted mine abusive as well.

                                I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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                                  Maybe it was the same person who voted mine abusive as well.

                                  I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
                                  CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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                                  Jorgen Andersson
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                                  Doubt it, mine was gone in one click. And I don't think it's supposed to be THAT easy to remove a message. So I guess there are more people around that has a bit more power than they are supposed to. Should I ask in sugs 'n' bugs about it you think?

                                  "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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                                  • J Jorgen Andersson

                                    Practician does not necessarily equal believer. I also didn't find any references to whether this would affect coding in the article.

                                    "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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                                    SalCon
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                                    Completely agree. I practise my religion because of huge peer\societal expectations (read pressure) NOT because I am a believer ( hold the Belieber jokes already).

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                                      It doesn't say which God.

                                      “I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks

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                                      ChrisElston wrote:

                                      which God

                                      Higgs Boson, the god of the scientific community.

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                                      • J Jorgen Andersson

                                        Doubt it, mine was gone in one click. And I don't think it's supposed to be THAT easy to remove a message. So I guess there are more people around that has a bit more power than they are supposed to. Should I ask in sugs 'n' bugs about it you think?

                                        "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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                                        Pete OHanlon
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                                        I doubt it's worth it.

                                        I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
                                        CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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                                        • J Jorgen Andersson

                                          Maybe I have the wrong understanding of the word practicing then. Just curious what was wrong with my message, what in that message was abusive?

                                          "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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                                          Pete OHanlon
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                                          Jörgen Andersson wrote:

                                          Maybe I have the wrong understanding of the word practicing then

                                          Anyway, back to the point. I always took practicing Christians to mean the ones that actually believed. It's the whole concept of choice and responsibility. If you are just going because your parents go, and you have no actual belief in it yourself, then you are letting others make the choice for you. Hence, you aren't practicing - you're merely pleasing others.

                                          I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
                                          CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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