Pascal Boyer (St. Louis) is one of the greats! We talk about his shifting thinking in terms of belief selection to belief production, and why this is a subversive idea. Other topics include birthdays, shamanism and magic, and why we should remain optimistic about the future of science. 
More about Pascal Boyer: 
<a href='http://www.pascalboyer.net/'>http://www.pascalboyer.net/</a>
<a href='https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7OaZg10AAAAJ&amp;hl=en'>https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7OaZg10AAAAJ&amp;hl=en</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Boyer'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Boyer</a>

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&lt;p&gt;More about Pascal Boyer:
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Pascal Boyer (St. Louis) is one of the greats! We talk about his shifting thinking in terms of belief selection to belief production, and why this is a subversive idea. Other topics include birthdays, shamanism and magic, and why we should remain optimistic about the future of science. 
More about Pascal Boyer:http://www.pascalboyer.net/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7OaZg10AAAAJ&amp;hl=en
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Boyer
 

Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)

Producing Belief with Pascal Boyer

Producing Belief with Pascal Boyer

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