| Re: Philosophical Meme Hunters |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: turtoniturtoni Date: May 13, 2008 22:34
"ZerkonX" X.net> wrote in message news:pan.2008.05.13.12.03.36@X.net...> On Tue, 13 May 2008 00:54:15 -0700, chazwin wrote:
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>> One has to ask meme theory: so what?
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> The only answer to this I see is one of different prospective. Taken
> literally this does rank right down there with the viewpoint of "human as
> brain, brain as computer".
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> The tendency seems to be to fit all of everything into the excitement of
> the day. Here it is genetics. Soon, I suspect, nano-speak will make an
> appearance. If there is a real answer to "so what", I think it is here.
indeed. both pretty meaningless replies.
we're like droplets of meme pooling together to form ponds of story:
coffee is good.
mowing the lawn.
driving a car to work.
putting on some pants.
combing your hair.
operating a jet fighter.
sitting on a toilet.
planting a sacred tree.
reading a book.
plenty of cultural meme meaning there; open to the infection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlLWFa1b1Bc
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