In Level 3, there are multiple, conflicting models of reality. One can be at
peace with the fact that God is just as real as Science. Science is a nice
model for designing airplanes, but so far has proved inferior to religion
for purposes such as community cohesion, inspirational leadership, and the
pursuit of happiness (drugs excepted).
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
Nathaniel Hall
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 4:46 PM
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: Re: virus: Memetic Engineering
David McFadzean wrote:
>
> If there is an objective reality (and I agree that evidence suggests there
> is), then no-one has direct access to it. All we experience is subjective
> reality. Real knowledge consistently describes objective reality, but it
> is never more than a model and shouldn't be equated to reality.
Any good experiment gives the margin of error. You don't need direct
access to reality, just some idea of how close to it you are. That way
you can keep on getting closer even if you never get there completely.
>
> As for mutually exclusive memes, isn't possible that both these statements
> may be true?
>
> Humans are animals.
> Humans are not animals.
>
> Doesn't it depend on context and interpretation?
> --
> David McFadzean david@lucifer.com
> Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/
> Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/
Not if animals is defined in exactly the same way for both. Such a trick
with words is possible because people like to equivocate.
Nate Hall
surf.to/nateman