If everyone understood evolution, then the tyranny of religious memes would be weakened, and we little humans might find a better way to live in this pointless universe.
Susan BlackmoreParapsychology seems to be growing further away from the progress and excitement of the rest of consciousness studies.
Susan BlackmoreThe sale of sex in modern societies is not about spreading genes. Sex has been taken over by the memes.
Susan BlackmoreScience has, after all, made some colossal blunders in the past... Our current materialism and its rejection of the idea of a spirit or soul might be just another great falsity.
Susan BlackmoreOne of the biggest mistakes that people make when they think about memes is they try to extend on the analogy with genes. That's not how it works. It works by realizing the concept of a replicator.
Susan BlackmoreYou start by copying other people's paintings or music or whatever. You get all of those skills before you branch out. Really creative people have a fantastic ability to copy things and then combine them in new ways. And whether we're talking about genes or memes, recombination is the real heart of creativity.
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