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27 March 2007 00:30

Why do we believe in God? (kottke.org)

What does this mean for belief in the supernatural? It means our brains are primed for it, ready to presume the presence of agents even when such presence confounds logic. "The most central concepts in religions are related to agents," Justin Barrett, a p

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