
Ep 148: Memetics
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Anti Rational Meams Can Help Stabilise a Dynamic Society
Anti rational means are defined by their ability to disable the recipient's critical faculties. For example, a meam that says a particular book is perfect and should never be criticised could be a powerful mean which tends to get copied generation after generation. The very idea that it cannot be criticised means it cannot be improved. And it can also instil the general sense that sometimes criticism is a bad thing. We all have fears, concerns, phobias and other ways in which we might put up with something that is actually doing us no good because we have anti rational meams in our minds.
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