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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 155147" data-attributes="member: 4086">"People with a higher need for consistency and certainty in their lives usually feel the effects of cognitive dissonance more than those who have a lesser need for such consistency."If that's true, wouldn't scientists have cognitive dissonance more than, say, a person who takes it entirely on "blind" faith that there is a God who created their world? Don't scientists NEED order, and stability? A rational explanation for everything? No wonder they can't quantify him; they can't see him, touch him, etc. Do you think maybe cognitive dissonance is getting in the way? Maybe that's why even geniuses only use..what is it, 13%? ..of their brains? I've spent years of my life thriving on chaos and disorder. Nobody forced faith on me, I came by it naturally, and it has made my life infinitely better. From about the time I was ten or so, up til I was 25-26, I was an atheist myself. Mostly out of pain and rage. And I wasn't speaking of miracles when I mentioned God's presence. Its just not something I can explain. I'll leave it there. Im not trying to convince anyone. But there are many things in life that can't be explained through science. Which we should all be happy about. What a boring world it would be, if science could explain everything. And, one last jab : They don't call it the big bang "theory" for nothin..</blockquote>