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Edward Slingerland is a Canadian-American sinologist and philosopher. He is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University… more

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slingerland.bsky.social
New interview about Drunk, also with David Nutt, who is trying to develop a chemical that would have the positive effects of alcohol without the downsides. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Alcohol: Why We Drink and What It Does to Us
Podcast Episode · 1440 Explores · 10/09/2025 · 36m
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religionhistory.bsky.social
This poll came out of a workshop at the Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social co-organized by Edward Slingerland (@slingerland.bsky.social) and Marco Buongiorno Nardelli (@musicntwrk.bsky.social), with input from experts from a wide variety of fields.
An example of questions from the Ritual poll focused on the cause or trigger of the ritual
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by Edward Slingerland — Reposted by Joseph Henrich

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vaclavhrncir.bsky.social
"Drunk hypothesis", recently elaborated by @slingerland.bsky.social, argues that alcohol played a significant role in promoting large-scale cooperation and the development of complex hierarchical societies. (2/5)
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by Joseph Henrich — Reposted by Edward Slingerland

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by Richard McElreath — Reposted by Edward Slingerland

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by Edward Slingerland

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slingerland.bsky.social
As with my Rogan appearance, had to weather an anti-vax interlude from the host, but really interesting comments by Ken Mukamal. I thought the medical consensus now was alcohol net-negative, but he disputes this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpi-...
Exposing Myths Behind Dangers of Drinking Alcohol, w/ Edward Slingerland & Dr. Kenneth Mukamal
YouTube video by The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
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by Edward Slingerland

by Edward Slingerland

Reposted by Edward Slingerland

religionhistory.bsky.social
We have just published our second release of our Standard Cross Cultural Sample of Religion (SCCSR)! This version adds language tags which can be use to help control for historical relatedness (in addition to a lot more data). Check out the release on Zenodo here: zenodo.org/records/1496...
Standard Cross-Cultural Sample of Religion
The Standard Cross-Cultural Sample of Religion is a product of the Database of Religious History (DRH). The DRH is a qualitative-quantitative encyclopedic database of historical religious data across ...
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eschwitz.bsky.social
New paper in print! In it I argue against grounding moral concern for others in the "Golden Rule" or "imagining yourself in another's shoes". The ancient Chinese philosopher Mengzi offers a better approach: Extend your concern for nearby others to similar but more distant others. 1/3
Mengzi
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thecharleywu.bsky.social
🚨 Finally out! My new @annualreviews.bsky.social in Psychology paper:
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We unpack why psych theories of generalization keep cycling from rigid rule-based models to flexible similarity-based ones, then culminating in Bayesian hybrids. Let's break it down 👉 🧵
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thedissenteryt.bsky.social
In episode 28, I talk with Dr. Edward Slingerland (
@slingerland.bsky.social) about the #CognitiveScience of religion, and what #Science offers the humanities. #Anthropology

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#28 Edward Slingerland: The Cognitive Science of Religion, And What Science Offers the Humanities
YouTube video by The Dissenter
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