The Pope\'s Visit (Religion)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Friday, September 24, 2010, 03:28 (4956 days ago) @ David Turell


> > Makes some excellent historical analysis that looks at what happens when a meme becomes dominant and then tries to force others out of the picture.
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> Do you really believe in memes?-Meme = an idea which carries some kind of selective pressure. By itself an idea can be powerful--but an idea that humans surround themselves around and is used to coerce or create social pressure--that's where the "evolution" takes place. -Ideas are always under selective pressure. Especially used in context of "The Lucifer Principle" it makes complete sense. -I decided to google the word "meme" to see why you don't like it... Dawkins?

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"