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In a message dated 12/17/00 10:25:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,
misy@ihug.co.nz writes:
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> Hello all, I am extremely pleased to have finally discovered this site,
> as for some time I have been exploring the meme concept. I am somewhat
> timorous in voicing an opinion, or airing my ideas as they must surely have
> been thought of before, and the material might be either mundane or old
> hat? (signs of shyness/low self esteem meme). I might remedy this by
> reading the journals available at this site, but then my own speculations
> may become biased with foreign memes (paranoia meme?) if they are not
> already.
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> I am extremely fond of analogies, mental imagery, poetry, and
> cultural/social observation. As such I feel a bit like a blind man walking
> through a wild jungle of ideas, looking for a safe resting place??
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> p.s. this e-mail is "meme disguised"
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Hello to everyone:
I am similarly new to memetics. I've read Susan Blackmore's
"The Meme Machine" and found it valuable.
Most of the writers in the listgroup are deep into philosophical
topics, much of it beyond my understanding; I have been reluctant
to contribute and have been mostly lurking.
I've applied memetics to my own life by classifying memories of
past occurrences as memeplexes. When something distasteful out
of the past transfers from memory into consciousness, I am able to
zap it by calling it "dead" and allow a current memplex to take its place.
This is a way of cleansing my thoughts of past unpleasantness
Of course, if I think of a pleasant memeplex of days gone by, I allow
myself to dwell on it and possibly extract pleasure and nostalgia from
it.
It took me a long time to understand there is no "self", our brain is just
a conglomeration of memeplexes, some of which, at any one time, are
always vying for consciousness.
What do you think?
Best wishes,
Len in Reno, NV USA
P. S. What is meant by "meme disguised?"
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