chaosmage comments on Use Your Identity Carefully - Less Wrong

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Comment author: chaosmage 23 August 2013 09:46:06AM 2 points [-]

The "we are stardust" meme would be one such.

Astrological signs, too. Even people who despise them always know their sign and most have at least a vague notion of what that is supposed to say about them, although they will often not refer to this knowledge consciously.

Evolution has many self-image ramifications and I would argue that behavioral patterns like (irreligious) vegetarianism would never have made headway without it.