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Indeed. Religion may well be the best defence against memetic attacks. And I say this as a lifelong atheist, which is a distressing thought given the amount of
by funnybeam 5y ago
Indeed. Religion may well be the best defence against memetic attacks.
And I say this as a lifelong atheist, which is a distressing thought given the amount of deliberate memetic manipulation we are being subjected to.
- rini17 5y agoIs that your experience that, for example Q spreads better among atheists?
- AussieWog93 5y agoCommunism certainly did! (I do understand some people may find this offensive, as Atheism is considered immoral or unpatriotic in the US and other countries. I'm not making moral claims about atheists; I am one - but the "death of God" did seem to lead to new secular philosophy/ideology, some of which was dangerous.)
- danbmil99 5y agoThat's an interesting point which got me thinking. I guess religions don't have a firewall against memes that don't compete with them. But if you've ever tried to convert somebody, once you start questioning their core beliefs those firewalls are very obvious.
- Shorel 5y agoThe existence of Syncretism and in fact a growing number of religions, like a tree, is an argument against that. But I do agree that they deal in memetic manipulation and attacks constantly.