Reed (Street Epistemology YouTuber) argues that "belief without evidence" functions as a costly loyalty signal within religious in-groups

A Street Epistemology practitioner named Reed quoted a book called "The Elephant in the Brain," arguing that faith-as-belief-without-evidence serves as a costly signal of loyalty to a religious in-group — the more irrational the belief, the more it demonstrates devotion. Mike strongly rejects this psychoanalytic framework as a cheap dismissal rather than engagement with the actual content of Christian faith.