No memes really aren't "me."
Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/
Author, "Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme"
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf
Of David McFadzean
Sent: Monday, March 15, 1999 10:45 AM
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: RE: virus: Rationality in the Cave
At 05:26 AM 3/15/99 -0800, Richard Brodie wrote:
>David is one of the most good-hearted people I know. In fact, I wouldn't in
Thank you (and KMO) for defending my character. I would indeed help someone if they needed help even if I didn't believe their story (even Prof. Tim ;-).
>a million years try to persuade people that reason is less valuable than
the
>gold it is. What I'm trying to do is free those who are deluded into
>thinking that they are driven by reason, or ought to be, from that prison.
Are you not driven by beliefs about your purpose, values and ethics? Aren't these memes really the "you" that consciously chooses (ideally) what else to believe? Do you consider these to be a prison?
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/