The Cognitive Science Behind Religious Belief

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1. 12 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   6 corrections applied: Agent/agency detection device concept is associated with Guthrie and Barrett (HADD), not Boyer | Qafzeh modern-human burials date to roughly 90,000-120,000 years ago, not 130,000 | Qafzeh burials date to roughly 90,000-120,000 years ago, not 130,000 | Lion-Man figurine dates to approximately 35,000-40,000 years ago, not 45,000 | Bering & Bjorklund afterlife-reasoning paper is from 2004 (matches own reference list) | Bering was not a Cornell faculty member; remove incorrect affiliation

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   Body content and bibliography (verified): Agent Detection Device (ADD) correctly attributed to Stewart Guthrie and Justin Barrett; Qafzeh burials at ~90,000-120,000 years; Lion-Man at ~35,000-40,000 years; Bering and Bjorklund 2004 study; Jesse Bering with no Cornell affiliation claim.

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   No change needed. All 6 corrections from the original fact-check (ADD attribution, two Qafzeh date mentions, Lion-Man date, Bering & Bjorklund year, removal of the Cornell affiliation) were already correctly applied in both the body content and the bibliography. The FAQ JSON-LD field was also checked and contains no mention of Boyer/ADD, Qafzeh, Lion-Man, Bering, or Cornell, so there was no stale fabrication anywhere on the page.

   Why: Full verification pass across body content, bibliography, and FAQ field found all 6 corrections fully and correctly applied everywhere with no residual fabrication. No fix was necessary; recording the verified current (already-correct) text.

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