[ExI] [Extropolis] Religion

[Keith Henson]

On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 6:33 AM efc--- via extropy-chat
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> But when it comes to an anti-dote I don't know what it could be. It
> seems like the majority of the population is genetically engineered to
> not question or criticize ideas and commands.

If you think about it, accepting the memes of your tribe was most of
the time good for your genes.  You want to eat those berries and not
these.  And in cooperative hunting or war, you needed to follow the
commands of the leader.  It's not hard to see how such psychological
traits would evolve in social primates.

> Or is it a cultural thing?

That too.  Memes are elements of culture.  The information in culture
exceeded the information in our genes some time ago.

> I would love to see every single person question and criticize commands
> and ideas, and I think we all would benefit immensely if that came to
> be.

Lots of luck.  Humans seem to be biased against having too much insight.

Keith

> The "easy" answer for me, has always been education and leading by
> example, but it is far from easy and looking at the current school
> system, it feels as if I would have the entire government and the system
> against me. ;)
>
> I am actually thinking about starting an entirely private vocational
> school of very small size, and having a philosophy degree, I would
> certainly sneak some good, old fashiond ethics inside the curriculum if
> the idea will make it from the idea stadium to actually being
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