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Re:Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Count... by dTal on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:08AM (#13310051)
It's also worth noting that nearly all of these examples are extremely rare. Homosexuality is the most common one, and as current research suggests a genetic component it seems likely that with further information it will ultimately make sense, if not as an adaptive trait, at least as a consequence of adaptive traits.

The others are indeed examples of memes overpowering genes, and an evolutionary model (of memes) can help to explain them as well. It's not a well-developed field to be sure, but it's a worthwhile perspective. A cartoony example is religions that ban sex vs religions that ban contraception - given that religious memes are strongly conserved in offspring, which meme would you expect to spread better? How does that compare to what we actually see?

Re:Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Count... by naasking on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @02:25PM (#13312178)
> Homosexuality is the most common one, and as current research suggests a genetic component it seems likely that with further information it will ultimately make sense, if not as an adaptive trait, at least as a consequence of adaptive traits.

Given homosexuality is prevalent in the animal kingdom as well, that's pretty much assured.