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Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence

Jonathan Haidt · TED

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Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour through the science of evolution by group selection, he proposes a provocative answer.

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TED
Department
TED2012
Speaker
Jonathan Haidt
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Religion
Source
TED
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