Damanhur, Ciudad de Luz

http://www.damanhur.es/

Damanhur, premiada por una agencia de las Naciones Unidas, como modelo para un futuro sostenible, es una eco-sociedad basada en valores éticos y espirituales.
Fundada en el 1975, la Federación cuenta aproximadamente con 1000 ciudadanos y se extiende en unas 500 hectarias de territorio diseminado en la Valchiusella y en la zona del Alto Canavese, al pie de los Alpes piemonteses.

La Federación de Damanhur

La Federación de Damanhur es una eco-sociedad: una federación de comunidades y ecoaldeas con una estructura social y política propia, en continua evolución.
La Federación de Damanhur es un centro de investigación espiritual, artística y social conocido en todo el mundo. Su filosofía se basa en la acción, en el optimismo y en la idea de que cada ser humano vive para dejar algo de si a los otros y contribuir al crecimiento y a la evolución de la humanidad entera.

[Constitución de la Federación de Damanhur...]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/28853431

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How We Support Our False Beliefs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090821135020.htm

In a study published in the most recent issue of the journal Sociological Inquiry, sociologists from four major research institutions focus on one of the most curious aspects of the 2004 presidential election: the strength and resilience of the belief among many Americans that Saddam Hussein was linked to the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
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The study, "There Must Be a Reason: Osama, Saddam and Inferred Justification" calls such unsubstantiated beliefs "a serious challenge to democratic theory and practice" and considers how and why it was maintained by so many voters for so long in the absence of supporting evidence.
Co-author Steven Hoffman, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of sociology at the University at Buffalo, says, "Our data shows substantial support for a cognitive theory known as 'motivated reasoning,' which suggests that rather than search rationally for information that either confirms or disconfirms a particular belief, people actually seek out information that confirms what they already believe.
"In fact," he says, "for the most part people completely ignore contrary information.
"The study demonstrates voters' ability to develop elaborate rationalizations based on faulty information," he explains.
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The study addresses what it refers to as a "serious challenge to democratic theory and practice that results when citizens with incorrect information cannot form appropriate preferences or evaluate the preferences of others."

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