Epstein Secrets

hers are extending this cog- nitive model, finding additional thought processes that they say make religious belief natural. For example, Bloom and Jesse 5 2 eF Downloaded from www.sciencemag.org on November 25. 2009 786 6 NOVEMBER 2009 VOL 326 SCIENCE www.sciencemag.org pubtethedayams EFTA0073

me researchers suggest that cog- nitive tendencies led to religion, which then took hold and spread because it raised fitness. But others, such as Boyer, counter that this adaptationist explanation is itself light on data. "It is often said that reli- gion encourages or prescribes solidarity withi

hers are extending this cog- nitive model, finding additional thought processes that they say make religious belief natural. For example, Bloom and Jesse 5 2 eF Downloaded from www.sciencemag.org on November 25. 2009 786 6 NOVEMBER 2009 VOL 326 SCIENCE www.sciencemag.org pubtethedayams EFTA0074

me researchers suggest that cog- nitive tendencies led to religion, which then took hold and spread because it raised fitness. But others, such as Boyer, counter that this adaptationist explanation is itself light on data. "It is often said that reli- gion encourages or prescribes solidarity withi

hers are extending this cog- nitive model, finding additional thought processes that they say make religious belief natural. For example. Bloom and Jesse Downloaded from www.sciencemag.org on November 25, 2009 786 6 NOVEMBER 2009 VOL 326 SCIENCE www.sciencemag.org Published byAAAS EFTA_R1_0147125

me researchers suggest that cog- nitive tendencies led to religion, which then took hold and spread because it raised fitness. But others, such as Boyer. counter that this adaptationist explanation is itself light on data. "It is often said that reli- gion encourages or prescribes solidarity withi