CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Group Selection, Philip Zimbardo, Folk Psychology
17 Jul 2014
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Belief in supernatural agents hinges on the supernatural not being too super". Folk psychology- how we explain and predict others" behaviouragency detection- see agency all things that occur have an agent behind the action. These 3 create the belief in god and that god had both humans and supernatural characteristics, this is what makes god compelling. We believe in god because he crated us and because we are born with this believe because god put it there. Its because its interesting, we want to talk about them and they are compelling, Superstition came from one person and then it went to be practiced by many. Some superstition are also part of religion and it helped to promote group selection. Magic is believed through hyperactive agency device, theory of the mind and intuitive sense of morality: its the knowledge of what happened. Magic is able to still exist because its idea has spread.
