Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA12266 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:40:36 GMT Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745B81@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: virus: Psychological Profile of Hall Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:38:15 -0000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
<So you're making the absurd claim that every human being figures
out every
> idea for himself without the aid of any other human beings?>
>
Not at all, but there's a qualitative difference between an idea and
a belief. I agree with the notion that ideas transmit, but not that beliefs
transmit. Creationists are aware of the idea of natural selection, but they
don't believe it. Most evolutionary biologists are aware of religious ideas
of creation, but don't believe them. The ideas have transmitted, the
beliefs haven't.
Beliefs are psychological/emotional responses to units of
information, ideas are units of information. You can write down the theory
of natural selection- write down Bhuddist belief.
Vincent
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