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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
ong way from explaining the complex systems of gods and rituals that make up religion. Cognitive researchers face what has come to be called the "Mickey Mouse" problem: The Disney character Mickey Mouse has supernatural powers, but no one worships or would Social circuits. When subjects in an fMRI scann
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
ong way from explaining the complex systems of gods and rituals that make up religion. Cognitive researchers face what has come to be called the "Mickey Mouse" problem: The Disney character Mickey Mouse has supernatural powers, but no one worships or would Social circuits. When subjects in an fMRI scann
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
ong way from explaining the complex systems of gods and rituals that make up religion. Cognitive researchers face what has come to be called the "Mickey Mouse" problem: The Disney character Mickey Mouse has supernatural powers, but no one worships or would • Acfon mollifying • Sellkno•ledge • Person p
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