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The Surprising Benefits of Religion & What Living In Outer Space Does To A Person

Something You Should Know

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Is There a God in a Religious Context?

In my lab, we were trying to see how we can make people feel more connected. We had them sit across from each other strangers and they had to simply tap their hands on a sensor as they heard beats. What we found is that simple act of moving in synchrony made people feel not only more connected to one another. And then when we created a situation where one of them got stuck doing something, got awful, a really boring task, the other people were more willing to come and help them. So what religions have done is found a way to alter our emotional states,. In ways that kind of bring out, bring out our better angels.

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