Wednesday, May 16, 2007

evolution of religion

Salon interview with Lewis Wolpert on evolution of religion: our brains are hard-wired to find cause and effect, and therefore invent gods and religions to explain the inexplicable. Sounds easy when you say it like that, but some good content in here even if it veers off into his dismissal of various supernatural things (still interesting, but not as useful as other parts). Good use in early world civ week.

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