http://davidgalbraith.org/darwinism/an-example-of-a-selfish-meme-overriding-the-selfish-gene/1317/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 04:16:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://davidgalbraith.org/darwinism/an-example-of-a-selfish-meme-overriding-the-selfish-gene/1317/comment-page-1/#comment-4773 Brian Donovan Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:17:14 +0000 http://davidgalbraith.org/darwinism/an-example-of-a-selfish-meme-overriding-the-selfish-gene/1317/#comment-4773 Excellent example. Dawkins makes the equally valid point that belief in religion could be a negative side effect from the beneficial value of having gullible children (who by being more likely to learn from their parents have a better chance of survival). Ergo, if their parents follow some religious worldview they will adopt it too, despite any evidence to the contrary, even if genetically damaging. Excellent example. Dawkins makes the equally valid point that belief in religion could be a negative side effect from the beneficial value of having gullible children (who by being more likely to learn from their parents have a better chance of survival). Ergo, if their parents follow some religious worldview they will adopt it too, despite any evidence to the contrary, even if genetically damaging.

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