The Believing Brain - Evolution, Neuroscience, and the Spiritual Instinct

The Believing Brain - Evolution, Neuroscience, and the Spiritual Instinct

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- Why has religion persisted for so long?

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- Why has religion persisted for so long?

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The Believing Brain - Evolution, Neuroscience, and the Spiritual Instinct

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  1. 1 - Introduction
  2. 2 - Overview of religious beliefs
  3. 3 - Panelist intros
  4. 4 - Panelists share personal religious beliefs
  5. 5 - Broadening our views of belief
  6. 6 - Do other animals have a sense of spirituality?
  7. 7 - What is evolutionary psychology?
  8. 8 - Are humans wired for belief?
  9. 9 - Is there evidence of an internal predilection of religious belief?
  10. 10 - Searching for the origin of religious belief
  11. 11 - Is there an adaptive value of religious belief?
  12. 12 - Advantages of religious belief relating to the nervous system
  13. 13 - Why has religion persisted for so long?
  14. 14 - Religion as an emotional response vs a social mechanism
  15. 15 - The future of the role of religion
  16. 16 - What would aliens think of our religious beliefs?

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