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o talking teacups, but reli- gion is much more than that. "Deriving belief from the architecture of the mind is neces- sary but not sufficientr says Norenzayan. He favors an additional class of explana- tions for why religion is so prominent in every culture: It promotes cooperative behavior among strange

" says Barrett. "That's what you need to have a rich repre- sentation of what it might be like to be

o talking teacups, but reli- gion is much more than that. "Deriving belief from the architecture of the mind is neces- sary but not sufficientr says Norenzayan. He favors an additional class of explana- tions for why religion is so prominent in every culture: It promotes cooperative behavior among strange

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me pattern of activation as when they are given a rich reward such as delicious food or drink. We may no

chooler, J.W. (2008). The value of believing in free will: Encouraging a belief in determinism increases cheating. Psychological Science, 19, 49-54. Norenzayan, A., & Shariff, A.F. (2008). The origin and evolution of religious prosociality. Science, 322, 58-62. Buss, A. H. (1980). Self- Consciousness and s

ovides a sampling of the central ideas minus the rich evidence and explanations that follow in the four

Bressler, E.R. (2003). Cooperation and commune longevity: a test of the costly signaling theory of religion. Cross-cultural Research, 37(2), 211-239; Norenzayan, A, & Shariff, A. F. (2008). The origin and evolution of religious prosociality. Science, 322(5898), Hauser Chapter 1. Nature’s secrets Sl HOUSE_OV