On the “Darwin test”: note that memetic evolution pressure is not always aligned with individual human interests. Religions often encourage their believers to do things that help the religion at the believers’ expense. If the religion is otherwise helpful, then its continued existence may be important, but this isn’t why the religion does that.
On the “Darwin test”: note that memetic evolution pressure is not always aligned with individual human interests. Religions often encourage their believers to do things that help the religion at the believers’ expense. If the religion is otherwise helpful, then its continued existence may be important, but this isn’t why the religion does that.
Good point. I guess I was comparing it to the low bar of nihilism, which, I feel is a more parasitic meme than religion.