The human propensity to anthropomorphize, or attribute emotions and thoughts to non-human entities like dogs, cats, clouds, and gods, may stem from the easily activated theory of mind (ToM) mechanism.

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  The Evolution of Transcendence | Evolutionary Psychological Science

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