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The religious brain and atheism

by Mark H | Dec 24, 2017 | biology, brain functions, cognition, cognitive bias, evolution, existential risks, fact-based reasoning, limbic system, rationality, risk analysis

As much of the world settles into the spectacle and cozy embrace of culturally reinforced magical thinking, New Scientist has several interesting recent articles about the evolved intuitive nature of religious thinking as a cognitive by-product (of the value of...

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