How Dune Gets Religious Psychology Exactly Right

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Religion as depicted in Dune lines up with actual scientific theories of religious psychology in specific ways: Fremen religion contains costly signaling, those living in hardship are more religious, religious ritual helps the Fremen survive, fundamentalists support military intervention, and Paul uses Credibility Enhancing Displays to encourage belief in the prophecy and his place in it.

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Sources:

Richard Sosis study on communes

Sibley and Bulbulia study on religion and Christchurch earthquake

Henrich et al. study on war and religiosity

Sosis and Handwerker on psalms recitation and anxiety

Rothschild et al. on fundamentalism

Joseph Henrich and Andrew Henry interview on CREDs and feedback loops

Henrich et al. study on CREDs

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