David_Gerard comments on [SEQ RERUN] Superstimuli and the Collapse of Western Civilization - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 14 May 2011 09:08:11AM 1 point [-]

Could the analogy of irrationality as a memetic disorder be usefully extended?

Memes such as religions and New Age beliefs often contain anti-epistemology so as to stop people thinking too hard about them not actually making sense.