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