Dr. David DeSteno
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first heard Aug 2025
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to be adaptive as if we're not evolved to be saints or sinners.
When we feel we're threatened, we want to fight against that.
We will use religion to justify it.
And so the point that I want to make sure all your listeners know is I'm not saying religion is good.
It's a technology that can be used for evil.
I mean, even Richard Dawkins will say the same thing about science, right?
You want to find a way to cure people of maladies?
Science is your friend.
You want to find the best way to annihilate a bunch of people most efficiently?
Science is your friend.
And so for me, the reason I spend this time talking about religions, I know it can be used for bad, but if you look at the data on average in people's lives,
Yes, certain institutions have caused people to be abused, discriminated against, et cetera, and we should combat those.
But on average, whether it's a gift from God or a cultural adaptation, it helps us live better.
For the most part, I agree with you.
That is, there's a lot of convergence in the practices of the faith because in some ways we're all the same body and brain and it helps us solve those.
And...
They're all pretty large and have their followings and they're attached to the culture you're raised in.
But I think that times of flux, times of change, and I kind of sense we're getting in one of these now.
I don't mean like end times, but I mean things with technology, things with norms, the way that we have been living, our economic practices are changing really rapidly right now.
And people are becoming at the same time more disillusioned with some of the traditional faith.
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