[ExI] [Extropolis] Religion

[BillK]

On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 at 20:34, Keith Henson via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> That too.  Memes are elements of culture.  The information in culture
> exceeded the information in our genes some time ago.
>
> Lots of luck.  Humans seem to be biased against having too much insight.
>
> Keith
> _______________________________________________


As you say, in humans, your life depended on being a member of your tribe.
Lone wolves had a hard time surviving. Though this is less significant
in modern society.

The current problems in the US and Europe seem to be because these
countries have split into two major tribes with very different
cultural beliefs. (Plus several minor groups as well). This can't be
due to genetics, as they all have inherited similar tribal genetics.
It must be due to different culture or memes that have taken root in
the different groups.

I don't see how these different cultures can be resolved.
Perhaps by gradual changes over generations.

BillK