Invisible Forces and Powerful Beliefs: Gravity, Gods, and Minds

1. Invisible forces operating on human bodies^*

^* The Chicago Social Brain Network is a group of more than a dozen scholars from the neurosciences, behavioral sciences, social sciences, and humanities who share an interest in who we are as a species, and the role of biological and social factors in the shaping of individuals, institutions, and societies across human history. The scientists and scholars in the Network differ in background, epistemologies, beliefs, and methods. After five years of working together, we found that a common set of themes emerged in our work despite the differences among us. These themes, which provide a different perspective ...