Jonathan Haidt: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence
March 14, 2012
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as posted by the channelPsychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult questionwhy do we search for selftranscendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour through the science of evolution by group selection, he proposes a provocative answer.
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