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Which of the books on that page do you recommend reading to get a glimpse of how science can successfully fulfil the role of religion in providing purpose, mean
by swombat 14y ago
Which of the books on that page do you recommend reading to get a glimpse of how science can successfully fulfil the role of religion in providing purpose, meaning, etc?
- api 14y agoI don't think it can yet. My point was just that such things should be studied, and are being studied. The link I provided is of particular interest in the area of moral theory. There is a good book called Evolutionary Dynamics that summarizes this group's work and contains, among other things, a rather beautiful equation predicting the optimal rate of forgiveness in cooperating populations.