Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id DAA27613 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 17 Jan 2002 03:01:47 GMT X-Originating-IP: [137.110.248.206] From: "Grant Callaghan" <grantc4@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: RE: Scientology Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:57:24 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <LAW2-F105WtIIZS2TRq0000078c@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Jan 2002 02:57:24.0356 (UTC) FILETIME=[B0885440:01C19F02] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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>>Can a person infected by a meme casually tell the difference between the
>>meme and what is 'real'? My gut feeling is that the two may be
>>indistinguishable to the person. The content of a well-received meme
>>becomes an undistinguishable part of the person's sense of reality.
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>Can *any* of us tell the difference between what is "real" and what
>is a meme? We carry around in our brains a "map" of reality based on
>our experiences, our ideas and our attributional style. No two
>people's maps of the world are the same, and to borrow a concept from
>semantics, the map is *not* the territory.
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>This process of incorporating memes is ubiquitous. We all fall
>victim to the illusion that our sense of reality somehow *is* reality.
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Thanks. I was beginning to feel like I was the only one who thinks like
that.
Grant
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