Can we gain some understanding of why people have a need to look to a power beyond themselves, beyond the laws of physics? Is that need written into our DNA? The natural selection for that kind of worldview, right? Why in the world does this world have so many brains that want to believe? That's the question. And to deal with this question, try to gain some insight, we have a great group of thinkers and I'd like to now bring them out to the stage. Our first participant is professor emerita from the College of William and Mary, where