Epstein Secrets

on November 25. 2009 786 6 NOVEMBER 2009 VOL 326 SCIENCE www.sciencemag.org pubtethedayams EFTA00731360 ORIGINS I Bering of Queens University Belfast argue that children are predisposed to think that the mind persists even after the death of the body—something that approaches the idea of an aft

biases, says Kelemen. But recent work suggests that it's not just children: Kelemen and Krista Casler of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylva- nia, found the same tendency to ascribe pur- pose to phenomena like rocks, sand, and lakes in uneducated Romany adults. They also tested BU undergradua

on November 25. 2009 786 6 NOVEMBER 2009 VOL 326 SCIENCE www.sciencemag.org pubtethedayams EFTA00742461 ORIGINS I Bering of Queens University Belfast argue that children are predisposed to think that the mind persists even after the death of the body—something that approaches the idea of an aft

biases, says Kelemen. But recent work suggests that it's not just children: Kelemen and Krista Casler of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylva- nia, found the same tendency to ascribe pur- pose to phenomena like rocks, sand, and lakes in uneducated Romany adults. They also tested BU undergradua

786 6 NOVEMBER 2009 VOL 326 SCIENCE www.sciencemag.org Published byAAAS EFTA_R1_01471250 EFTA02410430 ORIGINS I Bering of Queens University Belfast argue that children are predisposed to think that the mind persists even after the death of the body—something that approaches the idea of an aft

biases, says Kelemen. But recent work suggests that it's not just children: Kelemen and Krista Casler of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylva- nia, found the same tendency to ascribe pur- pose to phenomena like rocks, sand, and lakes in uneducated Romany adults. They also tested BU undergradua