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Headline:
Scientists discover the brain’s ‘God spot’
Body text:
‘There is nothing unique about religious belief in these brain structures,’ Professor Grafman said.
‘Religion doesn’t have a ‘God spot’ as such, instead it’s embedded in a whole range of other belief systems in the brain that we use every day.’
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Dr Andrew Newberg, director of the Centre for Spirituality and the Mind at the University of Pennsylvania, told the New York Times that Dr Grafman’s findings were in line with other research that has so far failed to find any specific structure in the brain that is dedicated to religious belief.
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Update: Why do we even want this to be a real thing so badly??
