Viruses of the Mind

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"Viruses of the Mind" (1993) is a controversial essay by Richard Dawkins using memetics, epidemiology, and an analogy with biological and computer viruses to analyse the propagation of religious beliefs. The second part of Dawkins' television programme The Root of All Evil? explored similar ideas and took the same name.

The essay is included in the book A Devil's Chaplain.

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