“The more one accepts what is materially false to be really true, and the more one spends material resources in displays of such acceptance, the more others consider one's faith deep and one's commitment sincere.”
Introduction: an evolutionary riddle, p. 5
In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion (2002)
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Original: (it) L'amore vero, sincero, intenso e puro è come un fiore, più lo curi e più trasmette profonde emozioni.
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