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Have I led you to believe I’m trying to do that?  — CC

No, not really. I was substantiating my point that you we don’t know the sources of our nature.

After the middle ages tribal stories, accepted ancient doctrines and religious “truths” were no longer enough to …  — CC

You lost me about here. Too speculative. Science can be found in Greek culture and in the Pinker article, he talks about interviews with hunter gatherers of today (people not exposed to modern educations) showing plenty of ability to reason. The debate that Haidt talks about is; were our brains essentially the same 50,000 years ago as they are now, or did group selection select for those who valued cohesion over questioning. And did that cohesion come with ideas about tradition and purity.