Editing Belief (section)

=== Origins ===
Biologist [[Lewis Wolpert]] discusses the importance of [[causality|causal]] beliefs and associates the making and use of [[tool]]s with the origin of human beliefs.<ref>
{{cite book
 |last1                = Wolpert
 |first1               = Lewis
 |author-link1         = Lewis Wolpert
 |date                 = 3 February 2011
 |orig-date            = 2006
 |chapter              = Belief
 |title                = Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Belief
 |url                  = https://books.google.com/books?id=Zu-Z0ttQj3oC
 |publication-place    = London
 |publisher            = Faber & Faber
 |edition              = reprint
 |isbn                 = 9780571266722
 |access-date          = 22 December 2023
 |quote                = Causal beliefs are a fundamental characteristic of humans; animals, by contrast, [...] have very few causal beliefs. Beliefs come from a wide variety of sources that include the individual's experiences, the influence of authority, and the interpretation of events. At their core, beliefs establish a cause-and-effect relationship between events [...] From an evolutionary point of view, beliefs should help the individual survive, and I will argue that they had their origin in tool making and use.
}} 
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