🔄FROM THE ARCHIVE How belief in the supernatural makes sense in light of evolution.
In real life, people apply ToM to forces of nature, ancestor spirits and invisible gods. And they seem to think about these supernatural actors the same way they conceive of fellow humans:have found ToM-related regions of the brain activate when people hear statements about God’s emotions and involvement in worldly affairs.
Finally, our natural tendency to over-imitate predisposes us to adopt religious practices. Rather than relying on experience and trial-and-error, humans learn most behaviors and skills from other people. Our For instance, many cultures have developed methods to make toxic plants edible . They’ve passed on these ritualized techniques, without necessarily understandingthe complicated, time-consuming steps are needed. But skipping seemingly unnecessary steps would lead to gradual poisoning. Thus, copying others, even when the reasons are unapparent, can benefit survival.
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