Epstein Secrets

n toward a belief in 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"—

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

ean toward a belief in 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"—

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

n toward a belief in 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"—

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