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The Burden of Belief: The Behavior of Believing

The Burden of Belief: The Behavior of Believing

Why do we "believe"?

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Varun Yadav
May 06, 2024
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Humans begun questioning the nature of reality quite early (between 70,000 and 30,000 years ago) in their journey to civilization. “What is reality?” - was the most fundamental question that drove their curiosity. Due to an accidental genetic mutation, as it seems, a Cognitive Revolution occurred and Sapiens discovered that not only they can construct r…

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