Princeton professor explains what humans are, Agustín Fuentes

This interview is an episode from thewell, our publication about ideas that inspire a life welllived, created with the JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube Watch Agustín Fuentes next interview What is the capacity for belief in humans, and how does it shape our lives and interactions with the world According to Agustín Fuentes, a professor of anthropology at Princeton University and author of Why We Believe: Evolution and the Human Way of Being, the human capacity for belief is the most significant trait that sets us apart from other animals. This capacity for belief, which importantly is not limited to religious belief, allows us to take our experiences and turn them into perceptions, ideologies, and lifestyles to which we can fully commit thereby shaping our reality and the reality of future generations. At its core, Fuentes explains, human belief is rooted in, a