i’ve always known so. but what is the mechanism underlying the belief in a supernatural being in most humans? indoctrination, clearly. but why do they continue to believe after nothing proves out? the human brains. plural. he consciousness we experience is simply one brain. but there are many. the physical brain is divided into multiple distinct processing units which barely communicate. the gut. the microbiome. only some of these can "we" communicate with directly, and even fewer of these can "we" control. it’s simple evolution. since we were not designed, we evolved to survive. this evolution gave us many mechanisms for survival, and one of them turned out to be the disconnection of our many intelligences. we survive because we cannot turn off our hearts at will.