God would be a costly accident: Supernatural beliefs as adaptive
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God would be a costly accident: Supernatural beliefs as adaptive
I take up the challenge of why false beliefs are better than “cautious action policies” (target article, sect. 9) in navigating adaptive problems with asymmetric errors. I then suggest that there are interactions between supernatural beliefs, self-deception, and positive illusions, rendering elements of all such misbeliefs adaptive. Finally, I argue that supernatural beliefs cannot be rejected ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0140-525X,1469-1825
DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x09991245