Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA02153 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:48:05 +0100 Subject: RE: The Demise of a Meme Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:43:36 -0500 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: <20010329134344.AAA22165@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 03/29/01 08:17, Vincent Campbell said this-
>To me to be without dis-satisfaction is to not be human
Sounds very buddhist....
Suffering, according to the followers of Guatama, is, correct me if I'm
wrong, what we do here on this orb. And nirvana is the end of this. Thus
enlightenment, by strict buddhist doctrine, is the end of suffering on
this orb. Of course, we're supposed to endure this suffering many times,
reborning and reliving and relearning.
Anyway, is not unenlightenment (logically equivalent to suffering) also
'not-knowing'? And, since we've found, through many reborns and
relearnings and relivings, that science is the best (perhaps only) way to
_know_, is it not logical to pursue the enlightenment of science?
Looks like a bet to me.
- Wade
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