Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> <big snip>...They just developed faith that if they did as the shaman
All this reinforces my earlier notion that there are *plenty* of mechanisms
to explain the rise of god memes.
> instructed, it would be better. It was not an irrational belief,
> because it really worked....
To explain a rather complex prisoner's dilemma situation where the societal members must all cooperate, it provides a shortcut to just say "god said so, now shut up and DO IT!" spike