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convulsive episode of Egyptian history sheds light on key conceptual difficulties that can arise when people are driven by their patterning instinct to attempt a more systematic representation of the universe.21 Traditional forager and agrarian worldviews don't try to systematize their myths into a comprehensive whole.
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Conceptual difficulties being away from patterning instinct.monotheism is not natural."cognitive dissonance" between diversity and Unity
The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning
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