PhilGoetz comments on Reason as memetic immune disorder - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 19 September 2009 11:28:27PM *  4 points [-]

I don't know; but we should factor in historical context when examining the record. I mentioned that religions of subjugated people are kinder; on the flip side, religions that have political power are often harmful, even if old. You can't look at Catholicism in the middle ages as being just a memetic system. Politics produces results that memetic theory wouldn't predict.