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 "Dennet also discusses how fear is a main motivator for ignoring or denying certain observations. Not just the fear of societal repercussions, but the fear of changing a belief that has been so fundamental for the person."

This part of your post can speak to so much of what I too have been wondering since we started class as well as through Dennet. I feel as though many children and even societies make stories up to make sense of the world. I went to visit the Mayan ruins in Chichen Itza when in high school and learning about the myths and traditions they used to make sense of changes around them was really interesting. It wasn't until now that I was able to make that connection. It must be some innate part of us as humans to want to make sense of the world. Something I've been told in many anthropology classes.