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Alan Lightman: Can Science Explain Spirituality?

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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The Primal Affinity for Nature

One of the sources of this ability to have transcending the experiences, one is the primal affinity for nature that you were talking about. And you mentioned the book A Fundamental Need for Cooperation. Because we're very cooperative. We are. But I notice we're mainly cooperative with each other when we're at war with another bunch of us. Yeah, that's an unfortunate aspect of human nature.

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