Epstein Secrets

er researchers 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

the archaeo- logical record and the theoretical models of psychologists. Archaeological objects fall short of revealing our ancestors' minds, says Bloom, while on the psychological side, "we need more evidence!' Birth of the gods When did religious beliefs begin? A likely place to find out is the

, 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

er researchers 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

the archaeo- logical record and the theoretical models of psychologists. Archaeological objects fall short of revealing our ancestors' minds, says Bloom, while on the psychological side, "we need more evidence." Birth of the gods When did religious beliefs begin? A likely place to find out is the

, 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

the archaeo- logical record and the theoretical models of psychologists. Archaeological objects fall short of revealing our ancestors' minds, says Bloom, while on the psychological side. "we need more evidence." Birth of the gods When did religious beliefs begin? A likely place to find out is the

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