> Tony wrote:
> > Let me try to sumarize with a more memetically
> >orientated analysis (since we are all lucky enough to now be
> >infected with this powerful mind tool.) We are meme ecologies and
> >as meme ecologies we can be infected with memes that have a drag
> >effect on our goal achieving behaviour. Memes infect us against
> >"our better judgement". This we can turn to our advantage by
> >deliberately exposing ourselves to memes we want to "identify
> >with".
>
> No offense intended. How does it sound with angels instead of memes?
>
> Let me try to suggest a more spiritually orientated analysis (since we are
> all lucky enough to understand spirituality -- this powerful mind tool.) We
> have souls and as spiritual beings we can invite angels that have a drag
> effect on our goal achieving behaviour. Angels help us against "our better
> judgement". This we can turn to our advantage by deliberately exposing
> ourselves to angels we want to "identify with".
Interesting. Are you saying that the spiritual/religious traditions of
angels vs. demons are in fact encrypted analogies for this memetic process
that have arisen as a byproduct of the selection pressures of those very
same memetic processes on thier host culture?
-Prof. Tim