> In message <Pine.SUN.3.93.970803212611.8253F-100000@eve.speakeasy.org>,
> Tim Rhodes <proftim@speakeasy.org> writes
> >
> >People will come and go. Lives begin, last for a short time, and then
> >end. A meme can survive a thousand lifetimes. When I act outside the
> >needs of my self, it is often for the benifit of such lasting things.
>
> Bollox. There is no self, you are an illusion, you cannot act
> outside the needs of yourself. Or to put it another way, your "self"
> needs to think some kind of memes can be left after "it" has gone.
Bollocks. There is no self, you are an illusion, you cannot act outside
the needs of your memes, which can survive after the combination of them
and organic tissue that makes up "you" is gone.
Eva