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- “Review: Road Belong Cargo, by Peter Lawrence ”, Psmith 2025
- “CERN ‘Ophanim’ Circuit Board ”, jaseg 2025
- “Decreased CO2 Saturation during Circular Breathwork Supports Emergence of Altered States of Consciousness ”
- “Deros and the Ur-Abduction: What Do Atlantean Dwarves, Witch Trials, & Tractor Beams Have in Common? ”, Alexander 2025
- “The Origin of the Cargo Cult Metaphor ”
- “The Return of the Eunuch ”, Biagetti 2024
- “Switch to Web-Based Surveys During COVID-19 Pandemic Left Out the Most Religious, Creating a False Impression of Rapid Religious Decline ”, LandonSchnabel et al 2024
- “Magic and Empiricism in Early Chinese Rainmaking: A Cultural Evolutionary Analysis ”, Hong et al 2024
- “Russian Exceptionalism: After the Fall of the USSR, Liberalism, Considered Foreign, Was Overwhelmed by Various Types of Nationalism, One of Which, Eurasianism, Seems to Have Achieved the Status of a Semi-Official Ideology § Lev Gumilev ”, Morson 2024
- “Russian Exceptionalism: After the Fall of the USSR, Liberalism, Considered Foreign, Was Overwhelmed by Various Types of Nationalism, One of Which, Eurasianism, Seems to Have Achieved the Status of a Semi-Official Ideology § The Russian Idea ”, Morson 2024
- “Disembodied Souls Are People, Too ”, Huemer 2024
- “A Quantitative Examination of Half-Belief in Superstition ”, Caspi et al 2024
- “A Neural Network for Religious Fundamentalism Derived from Patients With Brain Lesions ”, Ferguson et al 2023
- “Solar Eclipses and the Origins of Critical Thinking and Complexity ”, Litina & Fernández 2023
- “Solar Eclipses and the Origins of Critical Thinking and Complexity ”, Litina & Fernández 2023
- “Why Monsters Are Dangerous ”, Morin & Sobchuk 2023
- “Heresy, Witchcraft, Jean Gerson, Scepticism and the Use of Placebo Controls ”, Kirakosian et al 2023
- “Enduring Relationships: Social Aspects of Perceived Interactions With the Dead ”, Cerulo 2023
- “Health Trajectories of Individuals Who Quit Active Religious Attendance: Analysis of Four Prospective Cohort Studies in the United States ”, Jokela & Laakasuo 2023
- “Godless Owls, Devout Larks: Religiosity and Conscientiousness Are Associated With Morning Preference and (Partly) Explain Its Effects on Life Satisfaction ”, Gorgol et al 2023
- “Islam and Human Capital in Historical Spain ”, Cinnirella et al 2023
- “Exposure to Automation Explains Religious Declines ”, Jackson et al 2023
- “Fact Check: Do All Healthy People Have Mystical Experiences? ”, Alexander 2022
- “The Upsides of Feeling Small: Feeling Insignificant Can Be Good for You—The Benefits of Embracing Vastness ”, Fisher 2022
- “Magical Thinking in Individuals With High Polygenic Risk for Schizophrenia but No Non-Affective Psychoses—A General Population Study ”, Saarinen et al 2022
- “Same-Sex Competition and Sexual Conflict Expressed through Witchcraft Accusations ”, Peacey et al 2022
- “Irrelevant Insights Make Worldviews Ring True ”, Laukkonen et al 2022
- “Magical Contagion and Commemorative Plaques: Effects of Celebrity Occupancy on Property Values ”, Ayton et al 2022
- “Dream Interpretation from a Cognitive and Cultural Evolutionary Perspective: The Case of Oneiromancy in Traditional China ”, Hong 2022
- “Populist Gullibility: Conspiracy Theories, News Credibility, Bullshit Receptivity, and Paranormal Belief ”, Prooijen et al 2022
- “Roller Derby As a Secular Alternative to Religion ”, Wollschleger 2022
- “Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education ”, Arold et al 2022 (page 3)
- “Bronze Age Long-Distance Exchange, Secret Societies, Rock Art, and the Supra Regional Interaction Hypothesis ”, Ling et al 2022
- “Believers in Pseudoscience Present Lower Evidential Criteria ”, Rodríguez-Ferreiro & Barberia 2021
- “Believers in Pseudoscience Present Lower Evidential Criteria ”, Rodríguez-Ferreiro & Barberia 2021
- “Psychedelic Drugs and Atheism: Debunking the Myths ”, Glausser 2021
- “The Negative Religiousness-IQ Nexus Is a Jensen Effect on Individual-Level Data: A Refutation of Dutton Et Al 2019’s ‘The Myth of the Stupid Believer’ ”, Dutton & Kirkegaard 2021
- “Intuitive Dualism and Afterlife Beliefs: A Cross-Cultural Study ”, Barrett et al 2021
- “Moral Disciplining: the Cognitive and Evolutionary Foundations of Puritanical Morality ”, Fitouchi et al 2021
- “The Psychology of Philosophy: Associating Philosophical Views With Psychological Traits in Professional Philosophers ”, Yaden & Anderson 2021
- “J. R. R. Tolkien’s Sub-Creation Theory: Literary Creativity As Participation in the Divine Creation ”, Yohn 2021
- “The Cognitive and Perceptual Correlates of Ideological Attitudes: a Data-Driven Approach ”, Zmigrod et al 2021
- “Michael Hunter 2020, The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment [Review] ”, Bedell 2021
- “Randomizing Religion: the Impact of Protestant Evangelism on Economic Outcomes ”, Bryan et al 2020
- “My Immortal As Alchemical Allegory ”, Alexander 2020
- “Survey of Entity Encounter Experiences Occasioned by Inhaled N,N-Dimethyltryptamine: Phenomenology, Interpretation, and Enduring Effects ”, Davis et al 2020
- “Analytic Atheism: A Cross-Culturally Weak and Fickle Phenomenon? ”, Gervais et al 2020
- “Galadriel and Wyrd: Interlace, Exempla and the Passing of Northern Courage in the History of the Eldar ”, Gallant 2020
- “The Institutional Foundations of Religious Politics: Evidence from Indonesia ”, Bazzi et al 2019
- “Writing ‘Akhnaten’: A Co-Author of Philip Glass’ Egyptian Opera, Opening at the Met This Weekend, Recalls How the Monotheistic ‘Heretic Pharaoh’ Became the Fat Lady ”, Goldman 2019
- “The Myth of the Stupid Believer: The Negative Religiousness-IQ Nexus Is Not on General Intelligence (g) and Is Likely a Product of the Relations Between IQ and Autism Spectrum Traits ”, Dutton et al 2019
- “Dying the Christian Science Way: the Horror of My Father’s Last Days; The Anti-Medical Dogma of Christian Science Led My Father to an Agonising Death. Now the Church Itself Is in Decline—And It Can’t Happen Fast Enough ”, Fraser 2019
- “Peter Thiel’s Religion ”, Perell 2019
- “Judgments of Effort for Magical Violations of Intuitive Physics ”, McCoy & Ullman 2019
- “Tra I Leoni: Revealing the Preferences Behind a Superstition ”, Invernizzi et al 2019
- “Universality and Diversity in Human Song ”, Mehr et al 2019
- “Charisma and Representation: Talent, Authority, Representation, & Democracy ”, Marquez 2018
- “Magic Performances—When Explained in Psychic Terms by University Students ”, Lesaffre et al 2018
- “The Negative Relationship between Reasoning and Religiosity Is Underpinned by a Bias for Intuitive Responses Specifically When Intuition and Logic Are in Conflict ”, Daws & Hampshire 2017
- “Humanist Lives of Classical Philosophers and the Idea of Renaissance Secularization: Virtue, Rhetoric, and the Orthodox Sources of Unbelief ”, Palmer 2017
- “How Many Atheists Are There? ”, Gervais & Najle 2017
- “The Explanatory Structure of Unexplainable Events: Causal Constraints on Magical Reasoning ”, Shtulman & Morgan 2017
- “Atheists and Agnostics Are More Reflective Than Religious Believers: Four Empirical Studies and a Meta-Analysis ”, Pennycook et al 2016
- “Religiosity and Income: a Panel Cointegration and Causality Analysis ”, Herzer & Strulik 2016
- “Legal Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf ”, Kuran 2016
- “Chain Letter Evolution § Origins of Testimonials ”, VanArsdale 2016
- Unsong, Alexander 2015
- “MCI Theory: a Critical Discussion ”, Purzycki & Willard 2015
- “The Beauty of Human Decomposition in Japanese Watercolor ”, Remains 2015
- “Revealing Ontological Commitments by Magic ”, Griffiths 2015
- “"Body of a Courtesan in 9 Stages": A 19th Century Study of Decomposition ”, Remains 2014
- “A Multivariate Twin Study of the Dimensions of Religiosity and Common Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders ”, Vance et al 2014
- “Heaven Is Hotter Than Hell & A Refutation ”, Simanek 2014
- “Do You Believe Me, Doc? ”, Alexander 2014
- “Halley and the Eternity of the World Revisited ”, Levitin 2013
- “The Relation Between Intelligence and Religiosity: A Meta-Analysis and Some Proposed Explanations ”, Zuckerman et al 2013
- “Cognitive Style and Religiosity: The Role of Conflict Detection ”, Pennycook et al 2013
- “A Philosopher Defends Religion [Review of Plantinga, Where the Conflict Really Lies] ”, Nagel 2012
- “A Solution to the Mysteries of Morality ”, DeScioli & Kurzban 2012
- “Gods As Topological Invariants ”, Schoch 2012
- “Divine Intuition: Cognitive Style Influences Belief in God ”, Shenhav et al 2012
- When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship With God, Luhrmann 2012
- “The Etiology of Stability and Change in Religious Values and Religious Attendance ”, Button et al 2011
- “Young Children’s Selective Trust in Informants ”, Harris & Corriveau 2011
- “John Bruno Hare Obituary ”
- “The Divine Irruption in Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the Long Sun ”, Beiting 2008
- “Stability and Change in Religiousness During Emerging Adulthood ”, Koenig et al 2008
- “Rugby (The Religion of Wales) and Its Influence on the Catholic Church: Should Pope Benedict XVI Be Worried? ”, Payne 2008
- “A Rule Against Perpetuities For The 21st Century ”, Schneider 2007
- “Meta-Atheism: Religious Avowal As Self-Deception ”, Rey 2004
- “The Temperature of Heaven and Hell [Retrospective] ”, Pérez 2001
- “The Temperature of Heaven and Hell [Retrospective] ”, Pérez 2001
- “The Creation of the Edo Outcaste Order ”, Groemer 2001
- “Is Hell Endothermic or Exothermic? Old Collegiate Legend Involves a Student’s Coming up With a Clever Proof about the Physical Properties of Hell ”, Mikkelson 2000
- “Leading Scientists Still Reject God ”, Larson & Witham 1998
- “Christian Number and Its Implications ”, Hopkins 1998
- “Possession on the Borders: The Mal De Morzine in 19th-Century France ”, Harris 1997
- “Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds ”, Tucker & Williams 1997
- “The Question of Satire in ‘Caliban upon Setebos’ ”, Tebbetts 1984
- “Rule Enforcement Without Visible Means: Christmas Gift Giving in Middletown ”, Caplow 1984
- “From ‘The Judgment Of The Birds’ ”, Eiseley 1984
- “Divination—‘Adaptive’ from Whose Perspective? ”, Vollweiler & Sanchez 1983
- “Melito’s Story—The Cock, the Angel, and the Eagle ”, Wolfe 1983
- “Belief in God: A Game-Theoretic Paradox ”, Brams 1982
- “’The Psychology of Life After Death’: Reply ”, Siegel 1981
- “Bouvet and Leibniz: A Scholarly Correspondence ”, Swiderski 1980
- “Dune Genesis ”, Herbert 1980 (page 42)
- “Julius Caesar’s Last Words: A Reinterpretation ”, Russell 1980
- “Decoding Middletown’s Easter Bunny: A Study in American Iconography ”, Caplow & Williamson 1980
- “Paul Darwin Foote (1888–1971) § The Temperature of Heaven & Hell ”, Astin 1979 (page 12)
- “Heart of the Backlog ”, Warren 1978
- “Halley’s Atheism and the End of the World ”, Schaffer 1977
- “Kings Dying On Tuesday ”, Dalton 1972
- Children in Amish Society: Socialization and Community Education, Hostetler & Huntington 1971
- “Colour Classification in Ndembu Ritual: A Problem in Primitive Classification ”, Turner 1966
- “The Origin of the Social Status of Protestant Christianity in Japan (1859–1918) ”, Ikado 1961
- Oration On The Dignity Of Man, Mirandola et al 1956
- “The Art of Classical Swearing ”, Echols 1951
- “Pascal’s Sphere ”, Borges 1951
- “On Living in an Atomic Age ”, Lewis 1948
- “On William Beckford’s Vathek ”, Borges 1943
- “Learning in War-Time ”, Lewis 1939
- “Caliban upon Setebos ”, Tracy 1938
- “Religious Beliefs of American Scientists ”, Leuba 1934
- “Investigations of a Dog ”, Kafka et al 1922
- “The Temperature of Heaven and Hell ”, Foote 1920
- “The Animistic Vampire in New England ”, Stetson 1896
- “Philosophical Essay on Probabilities, Chapter 11: Concerning the Probabilities of Testimonies ”, Laplace 1814
- “Theological Engineering Exam ”, Anonymous 2025
- “Wang Chong § Against Ghosts, Supernatural, & Other Superstitions ”, McLeod 2025
- “Evaluating Extraordinary Claims: Mind Over Matter? Or Mind Over Mind? ”
- “Isolated Hyper-Religiosity in a Patient With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy ”
- “The Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505) ”
- “Defining the Demonic ”
- “Our Masterpiece Is the Private Life: In Pursuit of the ‘Real’ Chateaubriand ”
- “The What-You’d-Implicitly-Heard-Before Telling Thing ”
- “The Survival Skills of Helena Valero ”
- “Your Book Review: The Ballad of the White Horse, by G. K. Chesterton ”
- Buddha’s Lists, Wiki 2025
- “Passages I Highlighted in The Letters of J.R.R.Tolkien ”
- “Ancestor Worship Is Efficient ”
- “Casting out the Wolf in Our Midst ”
- “A Long-Lost Space Age Satire about What It Means to Be a Jew from One of Science Fiction’s Greatest Humorists ”
- “God Answers Prayers Of Paralyzed Little Boy (‘No’) ”, Onion 2025
- “Joint Review: The Ancient City, by Numa Denis Fustel De Coulanges ”
- Sort By Magic
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- Bibliography
Gwern
“Review of The Tale of the Princess Kaguya ”, Gwern 2016
Links
“Review: Road Belong Cargo, by Peter Lawrence ”, Psmith 2025
“CERN ‘Ophanim’ Circuit Board ”, jaseg 2025
“Decreased CO2 Saturation during Circular Breathwork Supports Emergence of Altered States of Consciousness ”
“Deros and the Ur-Abduction: What Do Atlantean Dwarves, Witch Trials, & Tractor Beams Have in Common? ”, Alexander 2025
“The Origin of the Cargo Cult Metaphor ”
The origin of the cargo cult metaphor
“The Return of the Eunuch ”, Biagetti 2024
“Switch to Web-Based Surveys During COVID-19 Pandemic Left Out the Most Religious, Creating a False Impression of Rapid Religious Decline ”, LandonSchnabel et al 2024
“Magic and Empiricism in Early Chinese Rainmaking: A Cultural Evolutionary Analysis ”, Hong et al 2024
Magic and Empiricism in Early Chinese Rainmaking: A Cultural Evolutionary Analysis
“Russian Exceptionalism: After the Fall of the USSR, Liberalism, Considered Foreign, Was Overwhelmed by Various Types of Nationalism, One of Which, Eurasianism, Seems to Have Achieved the Status of a Semi-Official Ideology § Lev Gumilev ”, Morson 2024
“Russian Exceptionalism: After the Fall of the USSR, Liberalism, Considered Foreign, Was Overwhelmed by Various Types of Nationalism, One of Which, Eurasianism, Seems to Have Achieved the Status of a Semi-Official Ideology § The Russian Idea ”, Morson 2024
“Disembodied Souls Are People, Too ”, Huemer 2024
“A Quantitative Examination of Half-Belief in Superstition ”, Caspi et al 2024
“A Neural Network for Religious Fundamentalism Derived from Patients With Brain Lesions ”, Ferguson et al 2023
A neural network for religious fundamentalism derived from patients with brain lesions
“Solar Eclipses and the Origins of Critical Thinking and Complexity ”, Litina & Fernández 2023
Solar Eclipses and the Origins of Critical Thinking and Complexity
“Why Monsters Are Dangerous ”, Morin & Sobchuk 2023
“Heresy, Witchcraft, Jean Gerson, Scepticism and the Use of Placebo Controls ”, Kirakosian et al 2023
Heresy, witchcraft, Jean Gerson, scepticism and the use of placebo controls
“Enduring Relationships: Social Aspects of Perceived Interactions With the Dead ”, Cerulo 2023
Enduring Relationships: Social Aspects of Perceived Interactions with the Dead
“Health Trajectories of Individuals Who Quit Active Religious Attendance: Analysis of Four Prospective Cohort Studies in the United States ”, Jokela & Laakasuo 2023
“Godless Owls, Devout Larks: Religiosity and Conscientiousness Are Associated With Morning Preference and (Partly) Explain Its Effects on Life Satisfaction ”, Gorgol et al 2023
“Islam and Human Capital in Historical Spain ”, Cinnirella et al 2023
“Exposure to Automation Explains Religious Declines ”, Jackson et al 2023
“Fact Check: Do All Healthy People Have Mystical Experiences? ”, Alexander 2022
Fact Check: Do All Healthy People Have Mystical Experiences?
“The Upsides of Feeling Small: Feeling Insignificant Can Be Good for You—The Benefits of Embracing Vastness ”, Fisher 2022
“Magical Thinking in Individuals With High Polygenic Risk for Schizophrenia but No Non-Affective Psychoses—A General Population Study ”, Saarinen et al 2022
“Same-Sex Competition and Sexual Conflict Expressed through Witchcraft Accusations ”, Peacey et al 2022
Same-sex competition and sexual conflict expressed through witchcraft accusations
“Irrelevant Insights Make Worldviews Ring True ”, Laukkonen et al 2022
“Magical Contagion and Commemorative Plaques: Effects of Celebrity Occupancy on Property Values ”, Ayton et al 2022
Magical contagion and commemorative plaques: Effects of celebrity occupancy on property values
“Dream Interpretation from a Cognitive and Cultural Evolutionary Perspective: The Case of Oneiromancy in Traditional China ”, Hong 2022
“Populist Gullibility: Conspiracy Theories, News Credibility, Bullshit Receptivity, and Paranormal Belief ”, Prooijen et al 2022
“Roller Derby As a Secular Alternative to Religion ”, Wollschleger 2022
“Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education ”, Arold et al 2022 (page 3)
“Bronze Age Long-Distance Exchange, Secret Societies, Rock Art, and the Supra Regional Interaction Hypothesis ”, Ling et al 2022
“Believers in Pseudoscience Present Lower Evidential Criteria ”, Rodríguez-Ferreiro & Barberia 2021
Believers in pseudoscience present lower evidential criteria
“Psychedelic Drugs and Atheism: Debunking the Myths ”, Glausser 2021
“The Negative Religiousness-IQ Nexus Is a Jensen Effect on Individual-Level Data: A Refutation of Dutton Et Al 2019’s ‘The Myth of the Stupid Believer’ ”, Dutton & Kirkegaard 2021
“Intuitive Dualism and Afterlife Beliefs: A Cross-Cultural Study ”, Barrett et al 2021
Intuitive Dualism and Afterlife Beliefs: A Cross-Cultural Study
“Moral Disciplining: the Cognitive and Evolutionary Foundations of Puritanical Morality ”, Fitouchi et al 2021
Moral disciplining: the cognitive and evolutionary foundations of puritanical morality
“The Psychology of Philosophy: Associating Philosophical Views With Psychological Traits in Professional Philosophers ”, Yaden & Anderson 2021
“J. R. R. Tolkien’s Sub-Creation Theory: Literary Creativity As Participation in the Divine Creation ”, Yohn 2021
J. R. R. Tolkien’s sub-creation theory: literary creativity as participation in the divine creation
“The Cognitive and Perceptual Correlates of Ideological Attitudes: a Data-Driven Approach ”, Zmigrod et al 2021
The cognitive and perceptual correlates of ideological attitudes: a data-driven approach
“Michael Hunter 2020, The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment [Review] ”, Bedell 2021
Michael Hunter 2020, The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment [review]
“Randomizing Religion: the Impact of Protestant Evangelism on Economic Outcomes ”, Bryan et al 2020
Randomizing Religion: the Impact of Protestant Evangelism on Economic Outcomes
“My Immortal As Alchemical Allegory ”, Alexander 2020
“Survey of Entity Encounter Experiences Occasioned by Inhaled N,N-Dimethyltryptamine: Phenomenology, Interpretation, and Enduring Effects ”, Davis et al 2020
“Analytic Atheism: A Cross-Culturally Weak and Fickle Phenomenon? ”, Gervais et al 2020
Analytic atheism: A cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon?
“Galadriel and Wyrd: Interlace, Exempla and the Passing of Northern Courage in the History of the Eldar ”, Gallant 2020
“The Institutional Foundations of Religious Politics: Evidence from Indonesia ”, Bazzi et al 2019
The Institutional Foundations of Religious Politics: Evidence from Indonesia
“Writing ‘Akhnaten’: A Co-Author of Philip Glass’ Egyptian Opera, Opening at the Met This Weekend, Recalls How the Monotheistic ‘Heretic Pharaoh’ Became the Fat Lady ”, Goldman 2019
“The Myth of the Stupid Believer: The Negative Religiousness-IQ Nexus Is Not on General Intelligence (g) and Is Likely a Product of the Relations Between IQ and Autism Spectrum Traits ”, Dutton et al 2019
“Dying the Christian Science Way: the Horror of My Father’s Last Days; The Anti-Medical Dogma of Christian Science Led My Father to an Agonising Death. Now the Church Itself Is in Decline—And It Can’t Happen Fast Enough ”, Fraser 2019
“Peter Thiel’s Religion ”, Perell 2019
“Judgments of Effort for Magical Violations of Intuitive Physics ”, McCoy & Ullman 2019
Judgments of effort for magical violations of intuitive physics
“Tra I Leoni: Revealing the Preferences Behind a Superstition ”, Invernizzi et al 2019
Tra i Leoni: Revealing the Preferences Behind a Superstition
“Universality and Diversity in Human Song ”, Mehr et al 2019
“Charisma and Representation: Talent, Authority, Representation, & Democracy ”, Marquez 2018
Charisma and Representation: Talent, Authority, Representation, & Democracy
“Magic Performances—When Explained in Psychic Terms by University Students ”, Lesaffre et al 2018
Magic Performances—When Explained in Psychic Terms by University Students
“The Negative Relationship between Reasoning and Religiosity Is Underpinned by a Bias for Intuitive Responses Specifically When Intuition and Logic Are in Conflict ”, Daws & Hampshire 2017
“Humanist Lives of Classical Philosophers and the Idea of Renaissance Secularization: Virtue, Rhetoric, and the Orthodox Sources of Unbelief ”, Palmer 2017
“How Many Atheists Are There? ”, Gervais & Najle 2017
“The Explanatory Structure of Unexplainable Events: Causal Constraints on Magical Reasoning ”, Shtulman & Morgan 2017
The explanatory structure of unexplainable events: Causal constraints on magical reasoning
“Atheists and Agnostics Are More Reflective Than Religious Believers: Four Empirical Studies and a Meta-Analysis ”, Pennycook et al 2016
“Religiosity and Income: a Panel Cointegration and Causality Analysis ”, Herzer & Strulik 2016
Religiosity and income: a panel cointegration and causality analysis
“Legal Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf ”, Kuran 2016
Legal Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf
“Chain Letter Evolution § Origins of Testimonials ”, VanArsdale 2016
Unsong, Alexander 2015
“MCI Theory: a Critical Discussion ”, Purzycki & Willard 2015
“The Beauty of Human Decomposition in Japanese Watercolor ”, Remains 2015
“Revealing Ontological Commitments by Magic ”, Griffiths 2015
“"Body of a Courtesan in 9 Stages": A 19th Century Study of Decomposition ”, Remains 2014
"Body of a courtesan in 9 stages": A 19th century study of decomposition
“A Multivariate Twin Study of the Dimensions of Religiosity and Common Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders ”, Vance et al 2014
“Heaven Is Hotter Than Hell & A Refutation ”, Simanek 2014
“Do You Believe Me, Doc? ”, Alexander 2014
“Halley and the Eternity of the World Revisited ”, Levitin 2013
“The Relation Between Intelligence and Religiosity: A Meta-Analysis and Some Proposed Explanations ”, Zuckerman et al 2013
The Relation Between Intelligence and Religiosity: A Meta-Analysis and Some Proposed Explanations
“Cognitive Style and Religiosity: The Role of Conflict Detection ”, Pennycook et al 2013
Cognitive style and religiosity: The role of conflict detection
“A Philosopher Defends Religion [Review of Plantinga, Where the Conflict Really Lies] ”, Nagel 2012
A Philosopher Defends Religion [review of Plantinga, Where the Conflict Really Lies]
“A Solution to the Mysteries of Morality ”, DeScioli & Kurzban 2012
“Gods As Topological Invariants ”, Schoch 2012
“Divine Intuition: Cognitive Style Influences Belief in God ”, Shenhav et al 2012
When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship With God, Luhrmann 2012
When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God
“Young Children’s Selective Trust in Informants ”, Harris & Corriveau 2011
“John Bruno Hare Obituary ”
“The Divine Irruption in Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the Long Sun ”, Beiting 2008
The Divine Irruption in Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the Long Sun
“Stability and Change in Religiousness During Emerging Adulthood ”, Koenig et al 2008
Stability and Change in Religiousness During Emerging Adulthood
“Rugby (The Religion of Wales) and Its Influence on the Catholic Church: Should Pope Benedict XVI Be Worried? ”, Payne 2008
“A Rule Against Perpetuities For The 21st Century ”, Schneider 2007
“Meta-Atheism: Religious Avowal As Self-Deception ”, Rey 2004
“The Temperature of Heaven and Hell [Retrospective] ”, Pérez 2001
The temperature of heaven and hell [retrospective]
“The Creation of the Edo Outcaste Order ”, Groemer 2001
“Is Hell Endothermic or Exothermic? Old Collegiate Legend Involves a Student’s Coming up With a Clever Proof about the Physical Properties of Hell ”, Mikkelson 2000
“Leading Scientists Still Reject God ”, Larson & Witham 1998
“Christian Number and Its Implications ”, Hopkins 1998
Christian Number and its Implications
“Possession on the Borders: The Mal De Morzine in 19th-Century France ”, Harris 1997
Possession on the Borders: The Mal de Morzine in 19th-Century France
“Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds ”, Tucker & Williams 1997
Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds
“The Question of Satire in ‘Caliban upon Setebos’ ”, Tebbetts 1984
The Question of Satire in ‘Caliban upon Setebos’
“Rule Enforcement Without Visible Means: Christmas Gift Giving in Middletown ”, Caplow 1984
Rule Enforcement Without Visible Means: Christmas Gift Giving in Middletown
“From ‘The Judgment Of The Birds’ ”, Eiseley 1984
From ‘The Judgment Of The Birds’
“Divination—‘Adaptive’ from Whose Perspective? ”, Vollweiler & Sanchez 1983
“Melito’s Story—The Cock, the Angel, and the Eagle ”, Wolfe 1983
“Belief in God: A Game-Theoretic Paradox ”, Brams 1982
“’The Psychology of Life After Death’: Reply ”, Siegel 1981
“Bouvet and Leibniz: A Scholarly Correspondence ”, Swiderski 1980
“Dune Genesis ”, Herbert 1980 (page 42)
“Julius Caesar’s Last Words: A Reinterpretation ”, Russell 1980
Julius Caesar’s Last Words: A Reinterpretation
“Decoding Middletown’s Easter Bunny: A Study in American Iconography ”, Caplow & Williamson 1980
Decoding Middletown’s Easter bunny: A study in American iconography
“Paul Darwin Foote (1888–1971) § The Temperature of Heaven & Hell ”, Astin 1979 (page 12)
Paul Darwin Foote (1888–1971) § The Temperature of Heaven & Hell
“Heart of the Backlog ”, Warren 1978
“Halley’s Atheism and the End of the World ”, Schaffer 1977
“Kings Dying On Tuesday ”, Dalton 1972
Children in Amish Society: Socialization and Community Education, Hostetler & Huntington 1971
Children in Amish Society: Socialization and Community Education
“Colour Classification in Ndembu Ritual: A Problem in Primitive Classification ”, Turner 1966
Colour Classification in Ndembu Ritual: A Problem in Primitive Classification
“The Origin of the Social Status of Protestant Christianity in Japan (1859–1918) ”, Ikado 1961
The Origin of the Social Status of Protestant Christianity in Japan (1859–1918)
Oration On The Dignity Of Man, Mirandola et al 1956
Oration On The Dignity Of Man
“The Art of Classical Swearing ”, Echols 1951
“Pascal’s Sphere ”, Borges 1951
“On Living in an Atomic Age ”, Lewis 1948
“On William Beckford’s Vathek ”, Borges 1943
On William Beckford’s Vathek
“Learning in War-Time ”, Lewis 1939
“Caliban upon Setebos ”, Tracy 1938
“Religious Beliefs of American Scientists ”, Leuba 1934
Religious Beliefs of American Scientists
“Investigations of a Dog ”, Kafka et al 1922
“The Temperature of Heaven and Hell ”, Foote 1920
The Temperature of Heaven and Hell
“The Animistic Vampire in New England ”, Stetson 1896
The Animistic Vampire in New England
“Philosophical Essay on Probabilities, Chapter 11: Concerning the Probabilities of Testimonies ”, Laplace 1814
Philosophical Essay on Probabilities, Chapter 11: Concerning the Probabilities of Testimonies
“Theological Engineering Exam ”, Anonymous 2025
“Wang Chong § Against Ghosts, Supernatural, & Other Superstitions ”, McLeod 2025
Wang Chong § Against Ghosts, Supernatural, & Other Superstitions
“Evaluating Extraordinary Claims: Mind Over Matter? Or Mind Over Mind? ”
Evaluating Extraordinary Claims: Mind Over Matter? Or Mind Over Mind?
“Isolated Hyper-Religiosity in a Patient With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy ”
Isolated Hyper-religiosity in a Patient with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
“The Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505) ”
“Defining the Demonic ”
“Our Masterpiece Is the Private Life: In Pursuit of the ‘Real’ Chateaubriand ”
Our Masterpiece Is the Private Life: In Pursuit of the ‘Real’ Chateaubriand
“The What-You’d-Implicitly-Heard-Before Telling Thing ”
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