Myreas: We're going to talk about religion as if we were, you know, martian social scientists who are just observing this human behaviour. The sense and that sense of awe and wonder and excitement that's created by thi, disapparent ability to engage directly with the mind of god seems to be very, very important. And i think it points to the fact that you don't join n religion whell you can grow up in a religion, d come to believe the clar beliefs, but you don’t join in religion because of its beliefs. You joinin religion because of the kind of raw fields you have, of the experiences that you get during services and so
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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