Supernatural explanations across 114 societies are more common for natural than social phenomena

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Human Behaviour, April 2023

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God retreats into mystery

User Appropriate_Look_171, in the r/exjw subreddit, 22 Aug 2026

Yes. There is several papers that come to the same...

User Swellmeister, in the AskHistorians subreddit, 03 Aug 2026

Yes. There is several papers that come to the same conclusion. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01558-0 Says much…

[this](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01558-0.pd...

User Kodweg45, in the DebateReligion subreddit, 17 Oct 2024

[this](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01558-0.pdf) article goes into detail about natural phenomenon and how…

Supernatural explanations across 114 societies are more common for natural than social phenomena

User Elementaryfan, in the Welcome to the Hellmouth subreddit, 01 Oct 2023

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