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I don't know that the drive is exactly to share the truth. Isn't it more
like sharing what we believe, but notice that other people don't? One would
expect memes to evolve just that way.
Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com www.memecentral.com/rbrodie.htm
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From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
Of Lawrence H. de Bivort
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Subject: RE: Cons and Facades
Wow! What a block-buster question, Vince. Better than the strongest coffee
(it is only 8.00am, here).
Perhaps it is that the truth seems beautiful and we want to share it for
the aesthetic pleasure of doing so? I want to think further about
this. Many thanks for a most stimulating question...
- Lawrence
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000,
Vincent Campbell wrote:
>I suppose partly, what I'm thinking of here is something which I think is
>central to the memetic process, and that is the general desire we all have
>to pass on 'the truth' whenever we think we know what that is. Of course,
>sometimes we don't want to tell people, but to those people we like, or are
>family we usually have a very strong urge to tell people 'the truth' (I
>guess this might be an inclusive fitness thing).
SNIP
>I suppose there are two elements to this. First, what is it about certain
>information that it can induce our notion of it being the truth? Second,
>what is it about 'the truth' that we generally feel a strong desire to pass
>it on to other people?
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