Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980327163925.0091d2a0@voruta.vu.lt>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 16:39:25 +0200
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: Kastytis Beitas <kastytis.beitas@gf.vu.lt>
Subject: Re: memetic engineering and superstition
In-Reply-To: <v03102801b13f9896e1d6@[194.109.13.153]>
At 07:47 1998.03.26 +0200, Ton wrote:
>I'd say the key to education is to understand ourselves as _biological_
>processes (both conscious and unconscious). If we fail to understand that
>consciousness is _not_ the crown of creation but a rather small part of the
>whole, we'll remain in the same deep shit that we're in now. Focusing
>exclusively on consciousness has propagated addiction in every conceiveable
>field - not only to alcohol but also to arms races, exploitive capitalism,
>stifling communism and so on - to pathological lifestyles in general.
>
>Ton
Ton, can you explain more explicitly your idea:
Focusing exclusively on consciousness has propagated addiction in every
conceiveable field - not only to alcohol but also to arms races, exploitive
capitalism, stifling communism and so on - to pathological lifestyles in
general.
Kastis
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