Re: virus: Is morality a meme? and some implications of an affirmative answer
Howard Rothenburg (hrothenb@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us)
Sat, 2 May 1998 22:42:48 -0400 (EDT)
> I wish some extreme theists of my acuantance would realize this :-) But, how can
> genetic survival for (usually celebate) priests make any sense? Of course, they
> have more than sufficient capacity to spread memes - this could be an instance of
> gene/meme competition.
>
In most societies the priest class had a lot of political power.
Those who disagreed with the priests were sacrificed or tortured to death.
That is a pretty potent form of selection.