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The Worm at the Core: Chapter 4: Homo Mortalis From Primate to Human

Quinn Jacobson April 3, 2023

Photo: Half Plate Negative/Albumen Print, "Black Man in Germany" 2008

Chapter 4: Homo Mortalis From Primate to Human


- The Dawn of Human Cognition

- Mortal Terror and the Invention of the Supernatural

- Ritual: Wishful Thinking in Action

- Sacrifice and Death Rites

- Art and the Supernatural

- Myth and Religion

- Bounding Across the “Yawning Chasm”


This is a reading of the book "The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life" by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski. Quinn will read a chapter every week and then have a discussion about it. This book, along with "The Denial of Death" by Ernest Becker, is the basis for Quinn's (photographic) book, "In the Shadow of Sun Mountain: The Psychology of Othering and the Genesis of Evil."

Saturday, April 8, 2023, at 1000 MST on my YouTube channel and Stream Yard. Links to the show are on my blog.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nJjfE0wvS8

Stream Yard: https://streamyard.com/udpybu94wi

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