Religious people are NOT "born believers," landmark study reveals

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36. We are genetically primed for certain lessons

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Language for example. Children learn language spontaneously, without much effort on their part. By the age of 5, most children have most of the vocabulary and grammar they will ever need in their native language, even in the most complex languages. Some children have genetic makeups that make it harder for them to learn language - some autistic children for example. These children have to be taught language by special methods even if they are of normal or high intelligence.

On the other hand, our brains are not designed to learn physics. Becoming proficient in physics requires high intelligence and effort. Even people proficient in physics may still have intuitions contrary to the laws of physics. Unlike language, we do not learn physics spontaneously.

Is religion like language or physics? This is the question posed by research in this area, and if you think the answer is obvious, you are either not looking deep enough, or you are a genius who has missed his calling.