# Producing Belief with Pascal Boyer

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Podcast: [Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/evolutionary-psychology-the-podcast-7343019)
Published: 2026-06-23T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Pascal Boyer (St. Louis) is one of the greats! We talk about his shifting thinking in terms of belief selection to belief production, and why this is a subversive idea. Other topics include birthdays, shamanism and magic, and why we should remain optimistic about the future of science. More about Pascal Boyer:http://www.pascalboyer.net/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7OaZg10AAAAJ&hl=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Boyer

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