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The Indiana Jones Of Anthropology On The Origins Of Western Psychology — Joe Henrich

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Effect of Modern Institutions on Religion

There's both experimental evidence and kind of large stale correlational evidence to suggest that if you look at what predicts what people will do, it's the concern with punishment. Believing in heaven or believing your God is rewarding either has no effect or has a negative effect. We could become like an interstellar civilization off the back of those gods.

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