Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA01410 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 5 Oct 2000 13:58:46 +0100 Subject: RE: Purported mystical "knowledge" Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 08:55:18 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas est veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20001005125522.AAA19993@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 10/05/00 09:23, Chris Lofting said this-
>This is a very LOCAL perspective, self-contained with relationships limited
>to associations with likeminded (often at a competative level). An
>attraction to SAMENESS.
>
>Brent on the other hand seems more attracted to difference, aspectual
>analysis, the hidden, sameness is 'boring'...
To the contrary- I see locality in full force with belief- belief
contains the universe to locality, erecting walls to bar the senses to
the completeness of experiences and explanations.
I can _only_ see 'sameness' with belief, otherwise I see the full range
of what my senses show me, without gradation. Granted, my senses are
showing me only a fraction of what is there, but, hell, I'm only human.
Then again, supplying 'difference' is in and of itself a belief, ain't
it? The meme of difference is tribal, not universal.
The world without memes is the world totally explored.
- Wade
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