Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id SAA03001 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:55:33 GMT Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:50:36 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Toggling nature's auto-erase Message-ID: <20010319185036.B669@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745CD7@inchna.stir.ac.uk> <20010315160611.B632@reborntechnology.co.uk> <000901c0afce$c91fc480$9209bed4@default> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <000901c0afce$c91fc480$9209bed4@default>; from Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 06:12:56PM +0100 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 06:12:56PM +0100, Kenneth Van Oost wrote:
>
> You wrote,
> > Here's where Wade and I might diverge (but very possibly not). My ideal
> > state is not one in which my brain contains no encoded memes. It is one
> > in which I cling to and/or identify with none of the memes in my mind.
> > In other words, I don't "believe in" anything whatsoever. There are
> > only working hypotheses. This brain is still full of memes, but none of
> > them are particularly mine, and all have to prove their worth in purely
> > practical terms. (I don't claim to have reached that exalted state yet,
> > but I think I'm getting there, if slowly.)
>
> << In a pure philosophical way you do still believe...you believe in " I
> don 't believe in anything whatsoever."
Not necessarily.
> But how will you prove that memes are worthly in practical terms !?
The fittest survive.
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