In-group believers show the strongest mutual trust in economic games

Evidence

The tendency to trust believing responders was especially strong among believing proposers; thus, the strongest circle of trust was observed when both parties were believers. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 219

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: In-group/out-group trust gradient: strongest inside the believing circle, weaker across faith boundaries, weakest toward atheists — the exact continuum the fumi-e ritual exploits by pushing out-group members into the excluded category.