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Look at any major world religion for a counter example to durability.
by greggyb 11y ago
Look at any major world religion for a counter example to durability.
- vegedor 11y agoIt's an unjust counterexample, because religion is in our genetics, a tendency to symbolism, hierarchy and dogmatism, awe and fear of the unknown. Theism though is anything but durable in the face of scientific progress, but the same can be said about genes. It is durable only in ignorance. Therefore faithful believe is a marker for predisposition, so the carrier will have to adapt or die out at which point the meme has to be revived, as the GP stated. Religions do change much quicker than the gene-pool. They hardly qualify as memetic if really anyone (counting in antheists with their own cults and rites modulo the theism) follows them, anyway.
- ArekDymalski 11y agoWhen compared to durability/persistence of genes, religions are just short blinks with their mere few thousands years. Actually cave paintings or tools are better examples of memes longevity.