I’d also add that virtues and deontologically right actions are results of a memetic evolution and as such can be thought of as precomputed actions or habits that have proven to be beneficial over time and have thus high expected value.
Was the slavery and oppression propagated by the same “memetic evolution” mechanics though?
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I’d also add that virtues and deontologically right actions are results of a memetic evolution and as such can be thought of as precomputed actions or habits that have proven to be beneficial over time and have thus high expected value.
Was the slavery and oppression propagated by the same “memetic evolution” mechanics though?