The issue of religion in regards to evolution and scientific facts has increased throughout history. Researchers continue to find connections between evolution and the belief in supernatural power with every experiment conducted. These results have been used to explain the cooperation tendency showcased by human beings through daily activities. The fear of a higher power is present, whether we see them or not and imposing punishment or rewards when people do good or bad has been used by scientists and psychologists to prove the existence of cooperation without force Bouratt & Viciana, (2021). However, these researchers can still find the exact evolutionary pathways linking these religious features with cooperation.
Centering on the belief in supernatural authority looking down on all individuals, this paper presents several experiments scientists and psychologists used to prove the principle, that cooperation seen in man today and the evolutionary mechanism we afford today may be attributed to a supernatural power. Several studies here have been deduced as backing up or failing to support this cultural evolutionary belief.
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A scientist took to NPR (2010) to talk about his epiphany. After being a proclaimed atheist and devote scientist, he speaks about the supernatural experience he had after his mother's passing. The experience prompted him to try to seek answers. His experiment involved children asked to conduct an activity; the researchers sought to see whether they would cheat after telling them some invisible being watched them. The results showed that children in the group who thought someone was watching them were less inclined to cheat.
I agree with the hypothesis presented by the scientist through NPR (2010); Cooperation between men is what has allowed for the development seen today. The experiments proposed in the cited paper reveals that the way every day are inclined to behave is greatly attributed to them believing there will be consequences from someone or something is they present bad behaviour. Therefore, evolution and everything attributed to the milestones that have been achieved from standing upright, discovering fire and innovations in technology would not have been possible without the cooperation and the belief of being watched and our deeds counted by whomever we choose to attribute this to.
References
Bouratt, P., & Viciana, H. (2021). Supernatural beliefs and the evolution of cooperation . Retrieved from oxford handbooks online website: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199397747.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199397747-e-23
NPR. (2010, August 30). Is Believing In God Evolutionarily Advantageous? All things considered [audio podcast episode]. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129528196
