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>From: "Philip Jonkers" <PHILIPJONKERS@prodigy.net>
>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: Scientology
>Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:52:22 -0500
>
>Grant:
> >But I don't believe it's the idea that becomes the
>puppet master. It's the
> >person who sees a way to use an idea for that purpose
>who becomes the puppet
> >master. The men who used fear of God to make people
>accept ungodly ideas is
> >the villain, not the ideas themselves. They use
>ignorance and fear to drive
> >out ideas that might counter what they preach. They
>convince people to
> >accept ideas that fly in the face of what their
>senses tell them by selling
> >the idea that faith is more real than what your eyes
>can see. That heaven
> >is a better goal to strive for than a life of peace
>and harmony with one's
> >neighbors. This is the work of men, not ideas.
>Ideas are just the tools
> >they use.
>
>In addition think of the following. Brains work as
>unconventional computers who need software. Memes
>(ideas, whatever...) provide the software, the programs
>to function in life. Just as with conventional
>computers programs control the hardware,
>the brain, the body, not vice-versa.
>
>
But if the brain goes haywire can one just get on the phone and call for
tech support?
And if I start seeing that office assistance paperclip thingy (whatever its
called from MS-Word) following me around asking me questions, I think I need
to do a little more than hide it.
Perish the thought that pop-up adverts might start haunting me while I'm
just walking around on a gentle stroll. I think that might take a little
more than minimizing or clicking the X to alleviate :-)
Yes I'll go to any extreme to explode an analogy.
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