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...only way religious belief could be an adaptation is if a personal, intervening, miracle-producing, reward-giving, retributive god exists,” Pinker said, provoking laughs from the audience...
...Pinker presented his evidence in his speech titled “The Evolutionary Psychology of Religion: Does the Brain Have a ‘God Module?’” The speech was hosted by the Harvard Secular Society as its first “flagship” event of the year...
...Pinker began his argument by refuting what he called “three spurious adaptationist explanations of religion:” the suggestion that people embrace religion for its comfort, its sense of community and its ethical value...
...Pinker furthermore dismissed the idea of religion as a “source of higher ethical yearnings” and an unambiguous moral guide...
...Pinker continued by identifying the difference between evolutionary adaptation and its by-products, and suggested that religion was of the latter category...