Epstein Secrets

supernatural agents, to something like a god," says experi- mental psychologist Justin Barrett of the Uni- versity of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Barrett and others see the roots of reli- gion in our sophisticated social cognition. Humans, they say, have a tendency to see signs of "agents"—minds like

, but I haven't seen lots of empirical evidence that you can get from there to religious beliefs," says social psychologist Ara Norenzayan of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in Canada. Indeed, even if more data are forthcom- ing, such models are a long way from explaining the complex systems of gods and ri

n supernatural agents, to something like a got says experi- mental psychologist Justin Barrett of the Uni- versity of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Barrett and others see the roots of reli- gion in our sophisticated social cognition. Humans, they say, have a tendency to see signs of "agents"—minds like

, but I haven't seen lots of empirical evidence that you can get from there to religious beliefs," says social psychologist Ara Norenzayan of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in Canada. Indeed, even if more data are forthcom- ing, such models are a long way from explaining the complex systems of gods and ri

supernatural agents, to something like a god," says experi- mental psychologist Justin Barrett of the Uni- versity of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Barrett and others see the roots of reli- gion in our sophisticated social cognition. Humans, they say, have a tendency to see signs of "agents"—minds like

a, but I haven't seen lots of empirical evidence that you can get from there to religious beliefs." says social psychologist Am Norenzayan of the University of British Columbia. Vancouver, in Canada. Indeed, even if more data are forthcom- ing, such models are a long way from explaining the complex systems of gods and ri