Vinessa's kids play basketball while she unwinds in yoga. Vinessa shares tips they can dump from downward dogs and make bookshops in headstands. On to day's show, robi dunbar, the influential academica author, discusses his new book,. why do so many of us have the desire to believe? Robin dunbar is amordist professor of evolutionary psychology at oxford university. Joining robin in converse is stuart richie, psychologist at king's college london. Here's stuart with more.
Robin Dunbar has been hailed as one of the most insightful and creative evolutionary thinkers of our time, famed for his work on human networks and communities (he came up with the Dunbar number, the idea that humans can have no more than 150 meaningful relationships). Now he turns his attention to religion, the subject of his recent book, How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures. Joining Robin in conversation on the podcast is Stuart Ritchie, Psychologist at King's College London, and author of Science Fictions.
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