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Robert Wright (journalist)
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Robert Wright (born January 15, 1957) is an American author and journalist known for his wide-ranging interests in philosophy, society, science (especially evolutionary psychology), history, politics, international relations, and religion.
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I would say so. Now, I don't think that precludes the possibility that as ideas about God have evolved people have moved closer to something that may be the truth about ultimate purpose and ultimate meaning... Very early on, apparently, people started imagining sources of causality, imagining things out there making things happen. And early on there were shamans who had mystical experiences that even today a Buddhist monk would say were valid forms of apprehension of the divine or something. But by and large I think people were making up stories that would help them control the world.
Bill Moyers Journal - Robert Wright interview Bill Moyers Journal Robert Wright interview https://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07172009/watch2.html August 27, 2011 PBS New York July 17, 2009 33:29 (3:40 minutes in) https://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07172009/transcript2.html (transcript link)
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