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Date: April 19, 2019 02:44PM
TLDR; Damage to part of the prefrontal cortex impairs cognitive flexibility and open-mindedness. People w/ prefrontal cortex damage have difficulty accepting facts that contradict rigidly held beliefs.
https://www.salon.com/2019/04/17/scientists-establish-a-link-between-religious-fundamentalism-and-brain-damage_partner/An earlier report on religion spreading as a virus or pathogen:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201810/how-religious-fundamentalism-hijacks-the-brain