Memetic Approach to Religion
Richard delves into the concept of memetics to explain how religious ideas spread like popular tunes, emphasizing the appeal of certain beliefs like life after death. He draws parallels between gene complexes and meme complexes, suggesting that religions, like the Roman Catholic Church, could be viewed as meme complexes with high survival value within their own meme pool.In this clip
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