Genetically Modified Skeptic | How Dune Gets Religious Psychology Exactly Right @GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic | Uploaded 6 months ago | Updated 2 hours ago
I’m 100% sure you haven’t heard this perspective on Dune.
Religion as depicted in Dune lines up with actual scientific theories of religious psychology in specific ways: Fremen religion contains costly signaling, those living in hardship are more religious, religious ritual helps the Fremen survive, fundamentalists support military intervention, and Paul uses Credibility Enhancing Displays to encourage belief in the prophecy and his place in it.
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Sources:
Richard Sosis study on communes
http://cognitionandculture.net/wp-content/uploads/Sosis_2003_CommuneLongevity.pdf
Sibley and Bulbulia study on religion and Christchurch earthquake
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515557
Henrich et al. study on war and religiosity
https://henrich.fas.harvard.edu/files/henrich/files/henrich_et_al-2019-nature_human_behaviour.pdf
Sosis and Handwerker on psalms recitation and anxiety
https://anthropology.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/944/2018/06/2011-Sosis-Psalms-and-Coping-with-Uncertainty.pdf
Rothschild et al. on fundamentalism
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103109001280
Joseph Henrich and Andrew Henry interview on CREDs and feedback loops
youtu.be/s_M2odFfxno?si=nrzxAAK_Xo8CWLKI
Henrich et al. study on CREDs
pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/17250565/LanmanBuhrmesterCREDsFinal.pdf
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
This video contains 100% therapeutic grade skepticism.*
*This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA
I’m 100% sure you haven’t heard this perspective on Dune.
Religion as depicted in Dune lines up with actual scientific theories of religious psychology in specific ways: Fremen religion contains costly signaling, those living in hardship are more religious, religious ritual helps the Fremen survive, fundamentalists support military intervention, and Paul uses Credibility Enhancing Displays to encourage belief in the prophecy and his place in it.
-------------------------------------------SUPPORT-------------------------------------------
Patreon: patreon.com/GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic
PayPal: paypal.me/GMSkeptic
Equipment to help the channel: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AXW6872WR436?ref_=wl_share
Non-sectarian Biblical Studies Courses by Dr. Bart Ehrman (affiliate link):
bartehrman.com/gms
-------------------------------------------FOLLOW-------------------------------------------
Twitter: twitter.com/gm_skeptic
Facebook: facebook.com/GMSkeptic
-------------------------Resources for atheists in need-------------------------
Find a Secular Therapist: seculartherapy.org
Recovering from Religion helps connect those who are leaving or have left their religion with support, resources and community: recoveringfromreligion.org/#rfr-welcome
Resources for Ex-Mu’s: exmuslims.org/our-resources
Sources:
Richard Sosis study on communes
http://cognitionandculture.net/wp-content/uploads/Sosis_2003_CommuneLongevity.pdf
Sibley and Bulbulia study on religion and Christchurch earthquake
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515557
Henrich et al. study on war and religiosity
https://henrich.fas.harvard.edu/files/henrich/files/henrich_et_al-2019-nature_human_behaviour.pdf
Sosis and Handwerker on psalms recitation and anxiety
https://anthropology.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/944/2018/06/2011-Sosis-Psalms-and-Coping-with-Uncertainty.pdf
Rothschild et al. on fundamentalism
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103109001280
Joseph Henrich and Andrew Henry interview on CREDs and feedback loops
youtu.be/s_M2odFfxno?si=nrzxAAK_Xo8CWLKI
Henrich et al. study on CREDs
pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/17250565/LanmanBuhrmesterCREDsFinal.pdf
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
This video contains 100% therapeutic grade skepticism.*
*This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA
