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Jonathan Haidt: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour through the science of evolution by group selection, he proposes a provocative answer.

English
  • Originally Aired March 14, 2012
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network YouTube
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