I’m 100% sure you haven’t heard this perspective on Dune. Religion as depicted in Dune lines up with actual scientific theories of religious psychology in specific ways: Fremen religion contains costly signaling, those living in hardship are more religious, religious ritual helps the Fremen survive, fundamentalists support military intervention, and Paul uses Credibility Enhancing Displays to encourage belief in the prophecy and his place in it. ------------------------------------------SUPPORT------------------------------------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/GMSkeptic Equipment to help the channel: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AXW6872WR436?ref_=wl_share Non-sectarian Biblical Studies Courses by Dr. Bart Ehrman (affiliate link): https://www.bartehrman.com/gms/ ------------------------------------------FOLLOW------------------------------------------ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gm_skeptic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GMSkeptic/ ------------------------Resources for atheists in need------------------------ Find a Secular Therapist: https://www.seculartherapy.org/ Recovering from Religion helps connect those who are leaving or have left their religion with support, resources and community: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/#rfr-welcome Resources for Ex-Mu’s: https://exmuslims.org/our-resources/ Sources: Richard Sosis study on communes http://cognitionandculture.net/wp-content/uploads/Sosis_2003_CommuneLongevity.pdf Sibley and Bulbulia study on religion and Christchurch earthquake https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515557/ Henrich et al. study on war and religiosity https://henrich.fas.harvard.edu/files/henrich/files/henrich_et_al-2019-nature_human_behaviour.pdf Sosis and Handwerker on psalms recitation and anxiety https://anthropology.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/944/2018/06/2011-Sosis-Psalms-and-Coping-with-Uncertainty.pdf Rothschild et al. on fundamentalism https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103109001280 Joseph Henrich and Andrew Henry interview on CREDs and feedback loops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_M2odFfxno Henrich et al. study on CREDs https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/17250565/LanmanBuhrmesterCREDsFinal.pdf Chapters: 00:00 Intro This video contains 100% therapeutic grade skepticism.* *This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA