Religiosity is not genetically determined; rather, it emerges as an emergent property of having 80 billion neurons with all their complexity, similar to how aesthetics, philosophy, and economic views emerge; there is zero evidence for a gene or handful of genes for religiosity.

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Robert Sapolsky

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there is zero evidence for a gene, a handful of genes, for any feature of religiosity.

Source

31. Religious Belief by Robert SapolskyStanford School of Humanities and Sciences
Created: 8/12/2026, 5:59:56 PM

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