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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
ng animations of circles, triangles, and squares darting about could identify various shapes as char- acters and infer a narrative. Anthropologist Stewart Guthrie noted in 1993 that this ten- dency could help explain religion, because it implies we attribute "agency" to all kinds of inanimate objects and amb
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
ng animations of circles, triangles, and squares darting about could identify various shapes as char- acters and infer a narrative. Anthropologist Stewart Guthrie noted in 1993 that this ten- dency could help explain religion, because it implies we attribute "agency" to all kinds of inanimate objects and amb
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
ng animations of circles, triangles, and squares darting about could identify various shapes as char- acters and infer a narrative. Anthropologist Stewart Guthrie noted in 1993 that this ten- dency could help explain religion, because it implies we attribute "agency" to all kinds of inanimate objects and amb
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