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Are we hard-wired to believe we’re IMMORTAL? Belief that we are eternal is part of human nature and develops during childhood
Are we hard-wired to believe we’re IMMORTAL? Belief that we are eternal is part of human nature and develops during childhood
People across the world, regardless of their religion or culture, believe that humans are immortal, according to research. A new study has shed some light on people’s beliefs that a person’s soul or essence transcends the physical body’s death. Scientists think the belief that part of us is eternal emerges early in life and is part of our human nature, rather than something that is imposed on a person by a culture or religion. Researchers from Boston University, led by Natalie Emmons, examined children’s ideas about the time before conception and interviewed 283 children from two very different cultures in Ecuador. Click here to read the article in the Daily Mail
