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Lumifer comments on Engineering Religion - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: KevinGrant 07 December 2015 01:34PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 10 December 2015 04:27:09PM 1 point [-]

it's a better question than simply analyzing the state of the art

Yes, I agree. But still, the answer very much depends on the specific criterion you're interested in. Social constructs that are extra virulent (spread fast) will be different from social constructs that are, say, extra robust (survive long).