He had an almost supernatural ability to know when an advancing technology and a needy market were about to collide .

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His ability to make the supernatural natural in his art emanated from counter-Reformation doctrines about making religious mystery tangible.

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And this brings us to the most contentious question in the scientific study of religion: Is religiosity -- including our tendency to believe in supernatural entities as well as our ability to lose ourselves in religious rites -- an adaptation?

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