Pages

Sunday, August 17, 2014

When Religion Gets Into Your System

by Dish Staff Michael Schulson is rather amused by a recent paper in the journal Biology Direct that “suggests that the impulse behind some religious rituals could be driven by mind-altering parasites.” His quick summary of the authors’ argument: Essentially, [researcher Alexander] Panchin et al. have noticed that some rituals spread germs. (They’ve mostly ignored […]

An interesting read via The Dish


No comments:

Post a Comment