There are, of course, many more than six impossible things to believe in before breakfast (as Alice said in Through The Looking Glass). The range of human beliefs — past, present and probably future — is almost infinite. This book goes back beyond beliefs to trace the origin of belief as such, and its role in the evolution of human brains and behaviour. Lewis Wolpert's central thesis is simple. At the beginning are the brain and sense organs, which together help organisms decide how to move. The next step, a long way along the track, is the use of tools, an ability humans share with other species, such as some birds and other primates.
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机译：当然，早餐前还有六种以上不可能的事情值得相信（就像爱丽丝在《穿越玻璃杯》中所说的那样）。人类信仰的范围-过去，现在以及未来可能-几乎是无限的。这本书超越了信仰，而是追溯了信仰的起源及其在人类大脑和行为进化中的作用。 Lewis Wolpert的中心论点很简单。首先是大脑和感觉器官，它们共同帮助生物体决定运动的方式。下一步，很长的路要走，就是使用工具，这是人类与其他物种（例如某些鸟类和其他灵长类）共享的能力。
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