Lewis Wolpert i ”Cognition: Evolution Does Help to Explain How Minds Work”, publicerad i Nature:

Once causal belief evolved in relation to tools and language, it was inevitable that people would want to understand the causes of all the events that might affect their lives — such as illness, changes in climate and death itself. Once there was a concept of cause and effect, ignorance was no longer bliss, and this could have led to the development of religious beliefs.

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