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#60 — An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris (2)
Making Sense with Sam Harris
The Spread of Religious Memes
This chapter explores the concept of religious memes and compares them to viruses, discussing how they can spread through generations and charismatic individuals. It delves into the question of whether successful religions spread due to the qualities of the memes themselves or through strategic marketing by priests. The work of Dan Dennett and Susan Blatmore, who have extensively written about memes, is also mentioned.
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