Anyone have a decent grasp on animism? I'm curious whether the animist *worldview* can be analyzed apart from its *worship practices.*
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@KevinSimler I think animism is inherent & ineradicable in our psyches - just have to look for it (computers have spirits and intention)
@sarahdoingthing yes, this I believe too. But I want to separate that from worship/costly signaling/social cohesion. Is that dangerous?
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@sarahdoingthing A related question: Did farmer gods evolve (culturally) out of animistic spirit-thinking? -
@KevinSimler it's plausible - Vietnam and Thailand-style Buddhism still seems pretty animist, middle-class western-educated people with... - 1 more reply
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@KevinSimler I think the costly signaling stuff is built on a cognitive framework of the tendency to see intention and minds everywhere -
@sarahdoingthing You might be right, but I don't see the connection b/t the two. Can certainly do costly signals w/o positing spirits. - 6 more replies
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