Naturalist

A naturalist is someone who lives a natural lifestyle and does not conform to society standards of living, whether that be beauty, health, or anything else. A naturalist may only use natural pure products on their bodies and wear no makeup or makeup with natural ingredients. A naturalist can be a environmentalist who only uses natural materials to lessen their carbon imprint. Naturalists may or may not put foreign chemicals or substances on or inside their bodies. 80% or more of their life consists of consuming whole foods and using plants as a form of medicine. A naturalist lives as nature intended or as close to it as they can in their environment.

One day I met this woman who called herself a naturalist. We were at a special event and she stood out to me because she was the only woman who wasn't wearing any makeup and she wore her hair in two braids, but she looked beautiful and her skin was glowing. I discovered that she only uses natural ingredients. For her skin, she applies 100% shea butter or Coconut oil and she eats a whole food plant- based diet.

Oh, I forgot you were a naturalist. So, what do you do when you have an upset stomach.

"I just drink ginger tea or I suck on a lemon. That will usually settle my stomach faster than conventional medicine would"

by Vividgoddess23 May 22, 2024

Naturalistic Apophenia/Pareidolia Theory

The standard, non-critical psychological position. It posits that apophenia (false connections) and pareidolia (false patterns/faces) are evolutionary cognitive biases. They are errors arising from a brain wired for hyper-sensitive pattern detection—a survival mechanism where it's safer to mistakenly see a predator in the bushes (a false positive) than to miss a real one (a fatal false negative). These theories treat the phenomena as fascinating bugs in our neural hardware, often studied to understand perception, psychosis, and the origins of superstition.

Naturalistic Apophenia/Pareidolia Theory Example: Naturalistic Pareidolia Theory explains why people worldwide see faces in electrical outlets or the Martian landscape. The brain's fusiform face area is so primed to detect faces that it fires even with minimal stimulus. This is not a philosophical statement about meaning, but a biological one about a misfiring cognitive module that usually helps us recognize friends and foes.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 6, 2026