Fw: playing at suicide

From: Kenneth Van Oost (Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 20:01:12 GMT

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Kenneth Van Oost <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be>
    To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 7:30 PM
    Subject: Re: playing at suicide

    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: Grant Callaghan <grantc4@hotmail.com>
    > I feel sorry for the
    > > children who followed their instincts to their deaths, but I don't
    really
    > > see any deep psychological underpinning for it. To me it looks a lot
    like
    > > what happens when a child dashes in front of a car or falls into a
    > swimming
    > > pool and drowns -- an unfortunate accident. We can't child-proof the
    > world
    > > to avoid them.
    >
    > Hi Grant,
    >
    > I feel sorry too ! My understanding of the facts are quite the same except
    > for not seeing any deep psychological underpinning for it.
    > I stand convinced of the fact that in many cultures children were not to
    be
    > harmed, more for moral and ethical reasons than for the being of the kid
    > itself. In a sense we, the eldery/ the parents always discharge children
    > from
    > any responsibility. We are trying to make the world child- proof in a very
    > extreme way...
    > It is my view that ( Lamarckian) memetic inheritance, that is, inheritance
    > of thoughts, insights, opinions,... are part of the puzzle !
    > It all boils down to the point that the concept of natural selection is
    just
    > another favorable mutation in extremis chosen by a particular memetic
    > mindset.
    >
    > Moreover, there is nothing wrong with the view that even certain or par-
    > ticular behavioral traits of which we think they are promoted by natural
    > selection are in fact already ' chosen mutations '. Investigators would
    see
    > those as outcomes of a Darwinian natural selection process where in fact
    > a Lamarckian one holds the key.
    > It is my suggestion that memecomplexes/ brainstructures may have
    > mechanisms fo choosing which memes suits best.
    >
    > Thanks for the link,
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Kenneth
    >

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