Being an Atheist improves your brain

One advantage of many during my journey understanding Atheism is learning a host of brand new words. This blog is some what a tongue in cheek referral to the perception of Atheists being elitist, but it is quite true that you would learn words that you won't normally see otherwise. Some of these words were found while studying about Atheism. A significant number of the atheist authors that I read are scientists in some respect and their words describe scientific properties and methodology.


It is fascinating as to how your language changes based on your world view. Just as we have heard the Inuits having 50+ odd words for ice, the language cannot be independent of the culture and location where it is spoken. So the new words that you learn show the realm you are stepping into.


Here are few samples from words that I looked up with relevant meanings from dictionary.com. I may have blogs about the words as I find them.

• Anisotropic
• –adjective
  1.
  

  Physics . of unequal physical properties along different axes.Compare isotropic ( def. 1 ) .
  2.
  

  Botany . of different dimensions along different axes

• Auteur
• a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over allelements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp

• Isotropic

• –adjective
  1.
  

  Physics . of equal physical properties along all axes. Compareanisotropic ( def. 1 ) .
  2.
  

  Zoology . lacking axes that are predetermined, as in someeggs.

• Epistemology
• –noun
  a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature,methods, and limits of human knowledge.

• Eschatology
• –noun Theology .
  1.
  

  any system of doctrines concerning last, or final, matters, asdeath, the Judgment, the future state, etc.
  2.
  

  the branch of theology dealing with such matters.

• Screed
• –noun
  1.
  

  a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
  2.
  

  an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing.

• Ineffable
• –adjective
  1.
  

  incapable of being expressed or described in words;inexpressible: ineffable joy.
  2.
  

  not to be spoken because of its sacredness; unutterable: theineffable name of the deity.