So I think I’d expect deadly memes to spread in “outbreaks” and “epidemics”, like viruses do, but not to hang around a population for generations gradually sapping everybody’s reproductive ability.
The memes that gradually sap the reproductive ability.of many are not “deadlly”. They are more like cold viruses, and persistent viral infections.
Boyd and Richerson don’t look at your collapse hypothesis. They argue that the number of kids is so small in many cases that it can’t possibly be adaptive.
The memes that gradually sap the reproductive ability.of many are not “deadlly”. They are more like cold viruses, and persistent viral infections.
Boyd and Richerson don’t look at your collapse hypothesis. They argue that the number of kids is so small in many cases that it can’t possibly be adaptive.