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Interview with Manvir Singh on Gurus & Shamans

Decoding the Gurus

CHAPTER

The Evolution of Shamanism

You wrote a target article for BBS, behavioral and brain sciences. The thesis in that about it was outlining a evolutionary perspective on shamanism. Generally, the argument was that shamanism reliably develops in human societies everywhere because it is just an incredibly compelling means of controlling uncertainty. I can go a bit into more like what those techniques are, but that's the general perspective on Shamanism.

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