Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.

Human morality is unthinkable without empathy.

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

The enemy of science is not religion. Religion comes in endless shapes and forms... The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.

If there is any form of contagion that is adaptive, it is the immediate response to the fear of others. If others are fearful, there may be good reason for you to be fearful too.

If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even know what's going on. The one who stays behind may be prey.