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Our Ignorance Of The Cosmos Is Too Vast To Commit To Atheism, And Yet We Know Too Much To Commit To A Particular Religion. A Third Position, Agnosticism, Is Often An Uninteresting Stance In Which A Person Simply Questions Whether His Traditional Religious Story (say, A Man With A Beard On A Cloud) Is True Or Not True. But With Possibilianism I’m Hoping To Define A New Position - One That Emphasizes The Exploration Of New, Unconsidered Possibilities. Possibilianism Is Comfortable Holding Multiple Ideas In Mind; It Is Not Interested In Committing To Any Particular Story.

I Call Myself A Possibilian: I'm Open To...ideas That We Don't Have Any Way Of Testing Right Now.

It Turns Out That Dopamine Is A Chemical On Double Duty In The Brain. Along With Its Role In Motor Commands, It Also Serves As The Main Messenger In The Reward Systems, Guiding A Person Toward Food, Drink, Mates, And All Things Useful For Survival. Because Of Its Role In The Reward System, Imbalances In Dopamine Can Trigger Gambling, Overeating, And Drug Addiction - Behaviors That Result From A Reward System Gone Awry.

I Spent My Adult Life As A Scientist, And Science Is, Essentially, The Most Successful Approach We Have To Try And Understand The Vast Mysteries Around.

Consciousness Is The Smallest Player In The Operations Of The Brain.