Producing Belief with Pascal Boyer

Pascal Boyer (St. Louis) is one of the greats! We talk about his shifting thinking in terms of belief selection to belief production, and why this is a subversive idea. Other topics include birthdays, shamanism and magic, and why we should remain optimistic about the future of science.  More about Pascal Boyer: http://www.pascalboyer.net/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7OaZg10AAAAJ&hl=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Boyer