Re: virus: Memetic Engineering
Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 19:37:58 +0100
In message <9115CBC9F45DD111AF4100805F8518F9BDBF69@SFREXCHANGE>, Kelley,
Ian <IKelley@littler.com> writes
>>>It may just be a matter of how much we are looking
>>>"out there" versus "in here", I don't know.
>
>Robin Faichney sez:
>
>>We have to look "in here" to understand and correct
>>the distortions in our perceptions of what's "out
>>there".
>
>But given that the distortions arise from "in here", doesn't the
>understanding come from silencing that "inner voice" and attempting to
>discern, through discipline and attention, what is actually "out there"?
>I'm distrustful of "in here", feeling it to be an incomplete part of a
>whole...
"Out there" is no less incomplete. But I appreciate what
you're saying, I think: you believe in suppressing internal
dissent, whereas I believe in resolving the problem.
Actually, I think we have to do both, but for me resolution
is always preferable, and suppression only a last resort.
--
Robin