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This document summarizes research on the cognitive and evolutionary basis of religious belief. Key findings include that humans have implicit assumptions about religious concepts like gods that differ from their explicit beliefs, and that humans are predisposed to form social relationships with non-physical agents like gods or spirits. Ritualized religious behaviors may tap into human cognitive mechanisms related to security, pollution, and order. Overall, religious thought emerges from normal human cogniti
- Author
- Дмитрий Самотовинский
- Language
- EN