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The origin of religion is in our heads, explains developmental biologist Lewis Wolpert. First we figured out how to make tools, then a supernatural being.
  • Paranormal experiences

    Rakiha, with all due respect, the literature is full of countless people with no predisposition to belief in the paranormal who have had psychic or otherwise metanormal experiences. Read "Extraordinary Knowing" by Dr. Elisabeth Mayer for a wonderful look at this phenomenon from a die-hard skeptic-turned-reluctant believer.

    To quote from the movie, "The Santa Clause" (a bastion of philosophical profundity if ever there was one):

    KID: "Have you ever seen a million dollars?"

    STEPFATHER: "No."

    KID: "Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."