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About Vexen Crabtree: Beliefs and PhilosophiesAtheist. In common with most English people I wasn't exposed to religion so remained an implicit atheist until my late teens. This means I didn't believe in God, because, I had never heard of the idea of God. In my late teens when I came across the concept, I found it ridiculous and without basis in reality, at which point I became an explicit atheist and a Humanist. I am still a Humanist. Hard science is reductionist, realistic and the acceptance of science that seems inhuman; such as: we evolved in the same way as other animals, we have only existed for a tiny fraction of the lifespan of the Earth, we are insignificant in the grand universe, that our thoughts and feelings are biochemical in nature, not spiritual and our existence is a series of determined states over which we have no genuine control (i.e., there is no free will). The cold truth of reality humbles humanity, yet Human pride often makes us think we are important in the universe, or that a God cares deeply about whether we're nice to people or not, or whether we believe in religious myths or not. Our primitive ego's once compelled us to make ourselves feel important in the universe and in our lives. This has adversely effected science. The solution is to actively embrace science that seems to belittle us. It requires honesty and humility. When I left college and continued to study human biology and psychology extensively. I aimed to study Cyborg Technology with Professor Warwick and Reading University. I ended up doing computer science and artificial intelligence instead.
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