Little Atoms 260 – Jesse Bering – The God Instinct

Jesse Bering is a regular contributor to Scientific American and Slate, and his writing has also been featured in many other sources, including New York Magazine, The Guardian and The New Republic. Jesse is the former director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture at Queen’s University, Belfast and began his career as a psychology professor at the University of Arkansas. He currently lives in Ithaca, New York, and is the author of Why is the Penis Shaped Like That? And The God Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny and the Meaning of Life.