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Fine, but the future still belongs to those who show up. Evolution need not be about DNA. Memes (such as religion) will do the job just fine. Those who think "s
by burfog 9y ago
Fine, but the future still belongs to those who show up. Evolution need not be about DNA. Memes (such as religion) will do the job just fine. Those who think "success" involves low reproduction are taking the evolutionary off-ramp to extinction. Those who do otherwise are selected for. They have the correct memes, or genes, or whatever -- the mechanism doesn't matter.
- Angostura 9y agoExcept of course that the meme that is "currently showing up" is that lower human population is not a bad thing".
- jxramos 9y ago> "the mechanism doesn't matter" Makes me think about this old article in ForeignPolicy I read. I could interpret his provocative statements about the success of patriarchy as a sort of "correct meme" to borrow your terminology. Interesting thought. http://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/20/the-return-of-patriarchy/ http://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/20/the-return-of-patriarchy...