[FRIAM] God

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Wait a minute?

What is the function of believing in higher spirits? 

Or is it a spandrel?

N

Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Prof David West
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 6:23 AM
To: friam at redfish.com
Subject: [FRIAM] God

Taking (inhaling) DMT seems to induce a belief in "higher spirits" e.g. "God."

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269881120916143

Since human brains naturally produce DMT (some controversy about this assertion); that is why all human cultures — historic and prehistoric — incorporate beliefs in the supernatural.

davew

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