Why belief is the most powerful disruptor | Agustín Fuentes
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What is the capacity for belief in humans, and how does it shape our lives and interactions with the world? According to Agustin Fuentes, a professor of anthropology at Princeton University and author of ‘Why We Believe, Evolution and the Human Way of Being,’ the human capacity for belief is the most significant trait that sets us apart from other animals.
This capacity for belief, which importantly is not limited to religious belief, allows us to take our experiences and turn them into ideologies, lifestyles, and perceptions that we can commit to fully — thereby shaping our reality and the reality of future generations.
At its core, Fuentes explains, human belief is rooted in, and contingent on, our evolu
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