Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id BAA21910 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 16 Mar 2001 01:15:32 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.240.220.215] From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Toggling nature's auto-erase Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:11:43 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F130KKGQrCi4zcSwWtP00001d54@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Mar 2001 01:11:43.0523 (UTC) FILETIME=[1048BF30:01C0ADB6] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk>
>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: Toggling nature's auto-erase
>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 19:00:34 +0000
>
>On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 09:23:30AM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> >
> > - to the point of which I have declared, manifesto-like, "To a life
> > without memes!" which, to me, is a utopian and ideal state...
>
>You might be surprised to learn that Sue Blackmore and I are in complete
>agreement with you on that. Of course, we equate memelessness with
>Enlightenment, which you probably don't. But then, what does that tell
>us, other than that your concept of Enlightenment differs from ours?
>
>
How could you have a life without memes if the meme of "memelessness" is
propogated? This reminds me of a friend who prided himself on being a
non-conformist, yet was conforming to the edicts of non-conformism with his
Doc Martin boots, Vegan eating habits and several other trendy quirks.
Counterculture is a culture.
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