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Groups create supernatural beings not to explain the universe but to order their societies.

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Jonathan Haidt
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 19
Psychologist
University Teacher
Writer
New York City
New York
Jonathan David Haidt
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Supernatural
Societies
Explain
Beings
Groups
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Universe

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