All over the world, belief in the supernatural has authorised the sacr…

Steven Pinker
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All over the world, belief in the supernatural has authorised the sacrifice of people to propitiate bloodthirsty gods, and the murder of witches for their malevolent powers. ✨ Steven Pinker (2011). The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, p.717, Penguin
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All over the world, belief in the supernatural has authorised the sacrifice of people to propitiate bloodthirsty gods, and the murder of witches for their malevolent powers. ✨ Steven Pinker (2011). The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, p.717, Penguin

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