This View of Life
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Commentary 5

How does an intelligent mind dismiss rock-solid evidence in one matter and embrace unreliable and fanciful reports in another?

Commentary 6

Stories are essentially relational: while we might read them alone, they move us in relation to each other and create relationship in us.

Commentary authors were invited to respond to three questions in addition to their open-ended commentaries.

Something historic is in progress at the intersection of science and spirituality

Commentary 7

Commentary 2

Together with commentaries by authors with diverse perspectives on field research, we hope to catalyze the formation of field sites for the study of cultural evolution around the world.

The following synopsis will provide useful background for the commentaries.

Apocalyptic ideas motivate much of the most virulent political violence in the world, stirring what can be called the “fundamentalist mindset.”