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Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast. The Evolutionary Origins of Belief. By Lewis Wolpert. Faber and Faber, London, 2006. 243 pp., £14.99. ISBN 9780571209200. Norton, New York, 2007. 255 pp. $25.95. ISBN 9780393064490.
Wolpert discusses the psychological basis of belief and considers evolutionary explanations for its origin and persistence.