Explaining how minds create social worlds is prerequisite to solving large-scale human catastrophe

Evidence

I became a social psychologist largely because I realized that what we cannot explain in ourselves might be our downfall. Conflict, nuclear catastrophe, and ecological devastation are solvable only if we make progress in explaining how human minds create, and in turn reflect, the complex social worlds in which we live today. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 505

Categorization

Category: Connection Points

• XREF: Resonates with the reader’s stated reading purpose: the analytical bridge between cognitive science of religion and real-world religious conflict is exactly what Norenzayan is motivated by here.