[ExI] [Extropolis] Religion

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On Sun, 11 Aug 2024, Keith Henson wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 6:33 AM efc--- via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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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.

Sigh... sadly, what you say sounds way too reasonable.

Best regards,
Daniel

> 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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