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 <[email protected]>: > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
