There are previous evolutionary studies of religion leaded by David Sloan Wilson.
I think that they only scratch the surface. But it is a good start. I wrote in this group about the need of human sacrifices to create an stable society if natural selection and game theory are accepted as premises. This indeed add a big significance of Christ sacrifice for non-believers, and explain the historical appetite for blood in every regime that want to construct itself from scratch (like the current New world order) 2015-01-04 2:14 GMT+01:00 <zibblequib...@gmail.com>: > In the first instance I'm posting this recently accepted paper (link is to > full paper), for Bruno and Brent reference a recent discussion between them > about the part of large scale religion in the emergence of ever-more > complex society. Brent has me on ignore...I'm not sure about > Bruno....perhaps someone not ignoring will do a reply in the thread so that > it becomes visible for them. > > In the second instance I think the guys behind the paper have a good idea > and/or chimes with what I'd imagine was a fairly common intuition on the > matter. > > In the third instance....I thought what the paper aspires to deliver was > worth consideration just for itself. I'll paste it below right after > mentioning I haven't read the paper yet....I shall be, but only just saw it > yesterday. Given I haven't read it....I have no idea whether and to what > extent they live up to what they aspire to. > > *"This framework (1) reconciles key aspects of the adaptationist and > byproduct approaches to the origins of religion, (2) explains a variety of * > > *empirical observations that have not received adequate attention, and (3) > generates novel predictions. Converging lines of evidence drawn from > diverse disciplines provide empirical support while at the same time > encouraging new research directions and opening up new questions for > exploration and debate.* > > > *http://dericbownds.net/uploaded_images/Norenzayan.pdf > <http://dericbownds.net/uploaded_images/Norenzayan.pdf>* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Alberto. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
