Re: virus: Memetic Engineering

David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Wed, 05 Aug 1998 08:47:18 -0600


At 08:19 PM 8/4/98 -0600, Nathaniel Hall wrote:

>>From what I know of his level 3, believing in mutually exclusive memes
>simultaneously, I rather just peak at level two. I'm of that
>unenlightened view that reality is objective, and that real knowledge
>consists of knowing what really is out there.

If there is an objective reality (and I agree that evidence suggests there
is), then no-one has direct access to it. All we experience is subjective
reality. Real knowledge consistently describes objective reality, but it
is never more than a model and shouldn't be equated to reality.

As for mutually exclusive memes, isn't possible that both these statements
may be true?

Humans are animals.
Humans are not animals.

Doesn't it depend on context and interpretation?

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