Sacradness as a Survival Trick

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" To be, or not to be. That is the question. " E= MxCxC.

" Multiply and be fruitful, " said the Lord. What does

these three very dissimilar memes have in common?

A meme is a unit of information conveyed in a

code. This code, could be verbal, numerical, electronic,

etc. Cultural memes depend on different strategies

for their survival. " To be, or not to be. " Appeals to our

aesthetic, and emotional side. E=mxCxC to our rational and

practical side. There is no denying that formula changed the

world. " Be fruitful and multiply. " passes as a divine command,

although it's an instinct that we share with all life's forms. But

because it is written in the Bible as a divine command, it's

considered sacred, a command for all times, yet in today's

overpopulated world it threatens the very survival of our

species.

 

That particular meme has mutated into malignancy, but

it's protected by it sacredness. It has immunity from

rational attack. Do we need to confer sacredness to

any meme? Is it not sacredness a feeling, not a concept?

Should sacredness be a weapon in memes never ending

struggle for the survival of the fittest?

 

Pete

 

 

 

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Nisargadatta , Pedsie2@a... wrote:

> " To be, or not to be. That is the question. " E= MxCxC.

> " Multiply and be fruitful, " said the Lord. What does

> these three very dissimilar memes have in common?

> A meme is a unit of information conveyed in a

> code. This code, could be verbal, numerical, electronic,

> etc. Cultural memes depend on different strategies

> for their survival. " To be, or not to be. " Appeals to our

> aesthetic, and emotional side. E=mxCxC to our rational and

> practical side. There is no denying that formula changed the

> world. " Be fruitful and multiply. " passes as a divine command,

> although it's an instinct that we share with all life's forms. But

> because it is written in the Bible as a divine command, it's

> considered sacred, a command for all times, yet in today's

> overpopulated world it threatens the very survival of our

> species.

>

> That particular meme has mutated into malignancy, but

> it's protected by it sacredness. It has immunity from

> rational attack. Do we need to confer sacredness to

> any meme? Is it not sacredness a feeling, not a concept?

> Should sacredness be a weapon in memes never ending

> struggle for the survival of the fittest?

>

> Pete

>

>

 

The survival of the fittest is love. No one can run around in a

selfish act of struggle in the long run. Survival of the fittest has

so far much been a struggle, but that struggle is perhaps seeing its

last efforts being played out...

 

al.