Fact that interest in religion declines as societies get rich suggests main gain from religion is to help deal with stressful situations that happen a lot more to the poor.
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"No atheists in foxholes" seems to confirm that theory.
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Replying to @robinhanson
> main gain from religion is to help deal with stressful situations that happen a lot more to the poor. "main"? Evidence doesn't support that. "Marginal" ? Yes.
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What is another plausible explanation of the poverty religion correlation?
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I am entirely willing to accept the causal mechanism! It's just that you are describing something happening at the margin, and so saying that the MAIN gain from religion is "helps stress from poverty" is not even wrong. Perhaps 80% of the gain from religion is X, 20% is that.
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Right, but that claim is more plausible if we can identify something specific to sit in the role of X.
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I threw out a few examples of Xs:https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1312113387317325825 …
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