How Religion Evolved with Robin Dunbar
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The Endorphin System and the Rituals of Religion
Laughter, singing and dancing trigger the endorpin system. Religion seems to be particularly good at handling stress of living in large groups. Enow dance is a slow swaying movement that triggers the ndorphin system. It lightens mod you just feel so much better hum and it makes you feel very trusting and bonded with the people you do theseThings. And they triger the release of r natural killer cells in the white blood cell system.
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