HSRP-538

A leading account treats religious belief as a by-product of ordinary thinking, such as the readiness to detect agents, re-created in each generation without a designer.

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1. Header

Number
HSRP-538
Category
Civilizational Analysis
Grade
PROBABLE
Status
ACTIVE
Entry form
Full
First entered
Not recorded — added to the register in supplement 027
Last revised
2026-10-13
Register entry
https://worldfreedomcore.com/hsrp-research-notes#HSRP-538

2. The claim, in full

A leading account treats religious belief as a by-product of ordinary thinking, such as the readiness to detect agents, re-created in each generation without a designer.

Cited on: /the-hive-mind, THE RELIGIOUS HIVE MIND › Natural origins and the counter-view. THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: "PROBABLE, some of its experiments failing replication". Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W3a-19.

3. What it rests on

No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.

4. Sources

No source is linked to this observation in the register.

5. Counter-evidence

No counter-evidence is recorded in the register for this observation as of 2026-10-13. No search for counter-evidence has been recorded for this observation.

6. Why this grade

Bergson's account — ESTABLISHED as his position.

The register defines PROBABLE as: Well supported, but an interpretation or connection across sources rather than something a source states directly.

7. Correction history

2026-10-13
BATCH 3 of the /the-hive-mind slimming: explanation moved here from WHERE YOU'LL FIND IT, CULTS, THE PARTY HIVE MIND or THE RELIGIOUS HIVE MIND — wording unchanged. The page's reference numbers were converted to SRC numbers at extraction.

8. Related observations

9. Where this appears on the site

Content pages that cite this observation inline:

10. Open questions

Not yet recorded for this observation.

11. Machine block

The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:

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  "grade": "PROBABLE",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "category": "CIV",
  "title": "A leading account treats religious belief as a by-product of ordinary thinking, such as the readiness to detect agents, re-created in each generation without a designer.",
  "entry_form": "full",
  "note": "Cited on: /the-hive-mind, THE RELIGIOUS HIVE MIND › Natural origins and the counter-view. THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: \"PROBABLE, some of its experiments failing replication\". Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W3a-19.",
  "n": 538,
  "ref": "HSRP-538",
  "cited_by": [],
  "related": [
    "HSRP-414",
    "HSRP-539"
  ],
  "category_name": "Civilizational Analysis",
  "supplement": "027",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "statement": "None of this shows that religion was built to make people obey. A leading account in the cognitive science of religion treats belief as a by-product of ordinary thinking, such as the readiness to detect agents and intentions, re-created in each generation without a designer [SRC-1000] [SRC-1001]."
    },
    {
      "statement": "Henri Bergson set human obligation beside the hive and the ant-hill, and held static religion to be nature's defense \"against the dissolvent power of intelligence\" [SRC-1003]."
    }
  ],
  "grade_rationale": "Bergson's account — ESTABLISHED as his position.",
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-13",
      "event": "BATCH 3 of the /the-hive-mind slimming: explanation moved here from WHERE YOU'LL FIND IT, CULTS, THE PARTY HIVE MIND or THE RELIGIOUS HIVE MIND",
      "reason": "wording unchanged. The page's reference numbers were converted to SRC numbers at extraction."
    }
  ],
  "appearances": [
    "/the-hive-mind"
  ],
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}
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