Bruce Naylor: The Evolution of Science & Religion
THE EVOLUTION OF SCIENCE & RELIGION A Presentation by Bruce Naylor, Ph.D. Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 6:30–9 p.m. INACS Nerve Center (directions) 12593 Research Blvd., Suite 302, Austin, Texas 78759 RSVP at our Consciousness Connections Meetup so we can accommodate all attendees. Open to the public. $5 non-member donation appreciated. Become a member today at our Membership Page! Science and religion are considered the two great schemas for understanding existence. We will be exploring how science provides a “naturalistic” understanding of the universe, and how religion can be recast from the naturalistic perspective. We will begin with the social brain, exploring how being a social animal shaped the evolution of our brains, and how religion evolved as part of this process. We’ll continue with its connection to group selection in evolution. The initial focus will be on hierarchical social structures and how warfare could be intertwined with religion and tribal thinking in general, through group selection. Bruce Naylor holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and has worked for over 30 years in the field of gaming technology. He previously taught at Georgia Tech, UT Austin, and Rutgers. Dr. Naylor spent
