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What is the evolutionary advantage that belief provides
Biologist, engineer, author, broadcaster and columnist Lewis Wolpert, Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine at UCL, and Alumnus of Imperial College, investigates the nature of belief and its causes. He looks at its psychological basis and its possible evolutionary origins in physical cause and effect. How did tool-making drive human evolution? What is the evolutionary advantage that belief provides?
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5 February 2008 at 7:00 pm |
Duration: | 2 hours |
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Communications and Development, Imperial College London |
Organised by: |
Friends of Imperial College |
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£6 - £15 |
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admin@friendsofimperial.org.uk |
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