Re: virus: Memes are king! (YES again)

C.A. Cook (coreycook12@email.msn.com)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 22:36:29 -0500

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Nate wrote:
>If the sun were to expode tommorow all life would be toast.=20
>A rather improbable event to say the least.=20

True. Our sun seems to belong to the young class of star, with many,=20
many years of contained radiation ahead of it. Our civilization, =
particularly=20
our tool using civ, might not be able to recover a global disaster. In=20
that case, those phenotypes that our civ has propped up beyond their=20
usefulness in the wild (such as poor eyesight), wouldn't last as long as
others. Whether those others could rebuilt a memetic environment with
as much variety as ours remains to be seen.

corey
coreycook12@email.msn.com
#Eris on DalNet
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Nate wrote:
>If the sun were to expode tommorow all life would be = toast.=20
>A rather improbable event to say the least. =
 
True.  Our sun seems to belong to the young = class of=20 star, with many,
many years of contained radiation ahead of it.  = Our=20 civilization, particularly
our tool using civ, might not be able to recover a = global=20 disaster.  In
that case, those phenotypes that our civ has propped = up beyond=20 their
usefulness in the wild (such as poor eyesight), = wouldn't last=20 as long as
others.  Whether those others could rebuilt a = memetic=20 environment with
as much variety as ours remains to be = seen.
 
corey
coreycook12@email.msn.com
#Eris on DalNet
#15965399 on=20 ICQ
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