Researchers agree supernatural-punishment psychology drives religious cooperation
Evidence
Setting aside the issue of whether supernatural monitoring and punishment evolved genetically or culturally, or both, there is much agreement over the psychology behind it. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 449
Categorization
- QUESTION: What exactly is the shared psychology — fear, perceived surveillance, salience of supernatural agents? Worth chasing to anchor the Big God mechanism against the fumi-e psychology.
- XREF: connects to: Supernatural punishment psychology is agreed upon despite evolutionary disputes; Supernatural punishment explains religion’s prosocial effects better than ideomotor priming; Belief in divine omniscient punishment does not reliably sustain cooperative behavior — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 204 (+7 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Supernatural punishment psychology is agreed upon despite evolutionary disputes; Supernatural punishment explains religion’s prosocial effects better than ideomotor priming; Belief in divine omniscient punishment does not reliably sustain cooperative behavior — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 204 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Supernatural punishment psychology is agreed upon despite evolutionary disputes
#corroborates(0.95) - Belief in divine omniscient punishment does not reliably sustain cooperative behavior
#complicates(0.88) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 204 - Chronic, communal, in-group religious practice drives the prosociality effect
#complicates(0.75) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 183