How We Believe

How We Believe In the book, How We Believe, written by Michael Shermer, he presents the idea that humans are story-telling animals. It is in the human nature to tell stories at times that are needed to either prove a point or simply just to teach a moral. Ever since the beginning of time, stories have been told as a form of entertainment and teaching. Many generations of stories have been passed down as time …

…story-telling animals. It is in our genes to be story-telling animals. People all over the world are the ones that cause our nature to be the way it is in the twenty first century. To tell morals and fictional stories about giving, receiving, and exchanging knowledge is a way of communicating with others. We do it in all different kinds of ways and forms. It is a never-ending process of communication of knowledge and behavior.