Through some combination of culture and biology, our minds are intuitively receptive to religion.
Interpretation
Our understanding of religion is influenced by both cultural and biological factors.
This quote by Daniel Kahneman suggests that our inclination towards religion is not purely a matter of personal choice or belief but is also shaped by our cultural background and biological instincts. It highlights the complex interplay between the environment we grow up in and our inherent psychological makeup, leading to a natural receptiveness to religious ideas and practices.
In practice
In a discussion about the influence of cultural factors on belief systems.
We think, each of us, that we're much more rational than we are. And we think that we make our decisions because we have good reasons to make them. Even when it's the other way around. We believe in the reasons, because we've already made the decision.
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Laziness is built deep into our nature.
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Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.
Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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