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Or, religion is, at least, a form of seeing meaning in things, which is the same category of activity as magical thinking.
by theoh 9y ago
Or, religion is, at least, a form of seeing meaning in things, which is the same category of activity as magical thinking.
- mirimir 9y agoIt's seeing agency in things, and reality overall, I think.
- theoh 9y agoYou mean this idea? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_detection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_detection There's another aspect to proto-religion which has to do with power rather than agency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana#Pre-animism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana#Pre-animism All this is speculative, AFAIK.