Genealogy of Religion

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Religous Inputs Create “Memories” of Spiritual Experiences

May 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Cognition, Cultural Evolution, Emotions, Evolutionary Byproduct, History

In yesterday’s post regarding William Saletan’s excellent (and continuing) series on memory over at Slate, I quoted this excerpt:  “The scary part is that your memories have already been altered. Much of what you recall about your life never happened, or it happened in a very different way.”  Elaborating on this idea, Saletan recounts another [...]

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