According to a study, critical or scientific thinking, operates on a different path in the brain than religious or supernatural thinking. Scientists say the opposition between religious beliefs and scientific evidence can be explained by difference in brain structures and cognitive activity. They found that critical thinking is suppressed in the brains of people who believe in the supernatural. The two paths are not reconcilable, however great religious scientists of the past somehow benefited from a balance between the two ways of thinking. The study does not delve into the possibility of supernatural thinking benefiting from a bit of critical thinking, and why the two networks of neurons exist in the brain, and who really controls them, science, god or moi? Which brings the thinking back to, who is moi? or who or what is God? and what is real science? Is it the experiment or the experimenter? International Business Times reports: Published in PLOS One, their study examines how the parts of the brain responsible for empathy and analytical reasoning are linked to faith and spiritual thinking. It suggests religious beliefs and scientific thinking clash because different brain areas are involved in both cognitive processes. People who believe [...]