Biologist, engineer, author, broadcaster, columnist Professor Wolpert 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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