Re: virus: Bravado

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Mon, 9 Feb 98 13:31:05 -0500


>What _is_ a belief? Does a belief differ from a meme?

To me, a belief is a culturally fabricated perceptual filter, and from my
seat on the side of the fence preferring memes as memory organizers, I
see these belief filters as precluding the meme's activity of storing a
perception in its expected place, because it finds the space already
occupied.

I also see all beliefs as inherently false, precisely because they occupy
this space, like catbird eggs. This is their survival tactic.

This is also why I am a skeptic. I have yet to be shown a belief that
belongs there.

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