Re: virus: Language
Aaron Cook (abc49040@cmsu2.cmsu.edu)
Wed, 01 Apr 1998 00:28:17 +0100
This is the best statement I have read in awhile. First, everything we
hear influinces us to some point, how far, I really can't be sure. It is
suposed, that humans have what is called shadow hearing (the ability to
ignore some stimuli in order to prevent sensory overload) We hear
everything, we just don't remember most of it. Shadow hearing is triggered
by previous memes or memorys. If you are standing in a crowded room with
six convresations going on at on time, you hear all of them; but ignore all
but one because someone in that conversation mentioned alaska, which you
just read a book about. You go for familiar things rather than strange
ones (what ever one happens to be).
At 02:03 PM 3/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>Do you believe that you have complete choice in what you are taught? I
believe
>that everything we hear and perceive does influence us. I guess we have some
>ability to decide to "listen" or not (I'm assuming free will), but I thought
>part of the idea of an infectious meme was that based upon previous memes
that
>live in our heads, other memes can be more or less successful. I know
that it
>seems we make choices, but I think in some situations we do not make
conscious
>decisions whether to accept what we perceive. We can try to act
rationally at
>all times, but I think everyone fails at times. These failings represent
>reaction to a presented meme without our explicit consent.
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>-Paul Prestopnik
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