BTW had an interesting thought re: our previous conversation. My supposition was that because we see religion in all of the surviving civilizations, it was evidence that religion had benefit. But if Blonde had been smart, he could have argued that I was confusing causality. Two tribes: one has tons of food in their granaries, and their houses are built. The other is struggling to survive the winter. Only the first tribe is going to create art and spend time building a church. So religion could just be a luxury that only surviving tribes waste resources on.
(It's not, though.)
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