Re: virus: Extrocranial Memes

C.A. Cook (coreycook12@email.msn.com)
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:04:53 -0500


sodom wrote:
>Ill use my favorite subject - religion. fMRI shows activity in a particular
>area of the brain when people are thinking about or feeling religious.
People
>like myself, who have no sense of "spirituality" possibly will never have
this
>part of my brain active in the same way. Does this part of the brain cause
the
>release of neurochemicals that effect the retention of the meme? or in my
>case deter retention of the meme? I have no idea, but I bet the fMRI will
help to
>answer these.

do you have any references for this? 'feeling religious' is very vague.

on another note, over the last few daze I have noticed you urging the study
of
the brain prior to the study of memes. I have managed to hold back some
very caustic replies to these posts, and I hope to be able to continue.
I searched my internet resources for this study you mention, but without
luck.
as for your urging, I certainly don't want to stop any research that will
lead
to a better understanding of memes, but I am not a brain fanatic. I am
a mind fanatic. for me, the discussion of the evolutionary aspect of memes
is more revealing to the nature of the mind than even the most advanced of
brain scanning technology available today. if brain scanning were more
advanced, perhaps I would feel more compelled to study it.

corey