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Writer, software person, armchair anthropologist, dilettante. All genders, all political opinions welcome. Book: https://amzn.com/0190495995/ 

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    1. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler 2 Sep 2015
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      But for all I know, that's folly. Also the intertubes have too much info for me to sift through. Help?

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    2. Sister Sarah‏ @sarahdoingthing 2 Sep 2015
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      @KevinSimler two things that come to mind are this http://rewild.com/anthropik/vault/sorenson-preconquest/and … Everett's Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes

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    3. Sister Sarah‏ @sarahdoingthing 2 Sep 2015
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      @KevinSimler re: the piraha, they have a very positivist epistemology, but interact with spirits and even trade names with them

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    4. Sister Sarah‏ @sarahdoingthing 2 Sep 2015
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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)

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    5. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler 2 Sep 2015
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      @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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    6. Sister Sarah‏ @sarahdoingthing 2 Sep 2015
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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

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    7. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler 2 Sep 2015
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      @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.

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    8. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler 2 Sep 2015
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      @sarahdoingthing What line do you draw from "seeing intentions and minds everywhere" to costly signaling group-loyalty behaviors?

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    9. Sister Sarah‏ @sarahdoingthing 2 Sep 2015
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      @KevinSimler maybe nothing more than building on a pre-existing framework - the best connection is your "absent node" thing

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    10. Sister Sarah‏ @sarahdoingthing 2 Sep 2015
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      @KevinSimler these entities just end up being sweet Schelling points/targets for costly signaling

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      Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler 2 Sep 2015
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      @sarahdoingthing I see. Like it makes more sense to direct costly worship at something with a mind, rather than, say, a mindless rock?

      8:16 PM - 2 Sep 2015
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        2. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler 2 Sep 2015
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          @sarahdoingthing (Even though the rock would serve just as well as a totem!) It's strange to me that st as important as religion gets...

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        3. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler 2 Sep 2015
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          @sarahdoingthing ... hitched to such an arbitrary psychological quirk as pareidolia (or whatever it's called).

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        2. Sister Sarah‏ @sarahdoingthing 2 Sep 2015
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          @KevinSimler lady liberty being led away in chains to be raped vs. a boring flag? plus a common thing is to inhabit gods via costume & ...

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        3. Sister Sarah‏ @sarahdoingthing 2 Sep 2015
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          @KevinSimler ceremonial mental inductions - once you have *been* the god it's silly to talk of belief. not sure euro farmers did this but ?

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