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> Now that my frame “people in the past were dumb” was broken, suddenly hundreds of unanswered questions entered my mind.

> Most importantly, I started to wonder “what’s up with all these gods people used to believe in?”

I mean, a lot of people still believe in gods. I don't think you necessarily have to think people in the past were dumber than they are now, or had different cognitive needs than they do now, to explain gods.

(Jesus really was a mushroom though)