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79. Does religion emerge as a product of complex systems? – exploring an allegory
Why do people take up religions, persist with them, and abandon them ? Whatever you think of religions personally, or any particular religion, they seem to have been around forever amongst (most) humans, and seem unlikely to go away entirely … Continue reading