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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 14 Dec 2014

    Why did Greek phil, Hebrew prophets, Confucius, Lao Tze, Buddha appear around the same time? A new hypothesis.http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/12/wealth-may-have-driven-rise-today-s-religions …

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      1. Steve Pike‏ @stringfellow 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker I'd love it if there was actually a deity/prophet called Greek Phil. That would be perfect.

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      2. Andrew Wilson‏ @Stooshie 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker It was the monolith!

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      1. Emma Williams‏ @emma_c_williams 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker Aristotle himself said that affluence was an essential precursor to the luxury of philosophical thinking. @GodFreeWorld

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      1. Keerthik Sasidharan‏Verified account @KS1729 14 Dec 2014
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        a new volume fleshes out aspects of this ques @sapinker . it includes an insightful essay by Charles Taylor.pic.twitter.com/dHRcdRbj3f

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      1. ♕Deborah G. Mayo♕‏ @learnfromerror 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker Maybe the caloric intake hypothesis explains the current correlation between obesity and atheism.

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      1. Praveen‏ @openmindedatma 14 Dec 2014
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        I am skeptical. But take a look.... "Wealth may have driven the rise of today’s religions" http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/12/wealth-may-have-driven-rise-today-s-religions … Via @sapinker

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      1. C. Keith Ray‏ @ckeithray 14 Dec 2014
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        .@sapinker @pmarca I wonder if transition from oral traditions to written traditions is more important or concomitant with wealth.

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      1. Zankapfel vom Dienst‏ @Streitapfel 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker interesting.Yet i suspect a hen-and-egg problem here:does religion transform the way ppl are thinking,or is it just a reflection?

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      1. Murali Krishnan‏ @dwimidhaM 15 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @RajNambisan But when the Vedas were written? Or is this predetermined conclusion reached thru' clever narrative?

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      1. Myles Lab‏ @foodimprover 15 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker The perfect hypothesis: highly media-worthy and completely untestable.

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      1. Whatdoyathink‏ @TROIASON 15 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker This is essentially the Jared Diamonds theory, more cow more ability. I see a lot of straw men being created by this ongoing crap

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      1. Antonio Vila-Coro‏ @vilacoro 15 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker 20000 kcal/person/day = threshold for modern religions to rise. But how much energy do we need to store for them to disappear?

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      1. RE Cornwall ن‏ @CornwallRE 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @puzzlevardy interesting for RE and Sociology of Religion.

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      1. Jet Dillo‏ @jetdillo 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @psybella They were ALL aliens! Or at least that’s my story and I’m sticking to it :)

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      1. Mark Reaume‏ @ReaumeMark 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker Interesting idea. It sure was nice of the gods to evolve right when people were ready for the change.

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      1. brian fast‏ @usefulchristian 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker a passing thought on the time scale offered - perhaps a correlation with the first dispersion of the israelites.

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      1. brian fast‏ @usefulchristian 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker a distinction should be made between philosophy (western or eastern) and the hebrew prophets - servants of the living God;exodus.

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      1. Greymagus‏ @greymagus 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker The contemporaneity here is a little suspect. Next, someone will suggest a climate connection.

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      1. Hem Nao!‏ @menosave 14 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @pmarca writing started...

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