Study: Painful and extreme rituals enhance social cohesion and charityHuman beings in cultures across the world engage in extreme rituals that involve self-mutilation or enduring other types of suffering. Why do these extreme rituals — in which people willingly put themselves through harm — continue to persist? Jun 19, 2013
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