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Consciousness is an illusion constructed by the memes.


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All other species on this planet are gene machines only. They don't imitate at all well; we alone are gene machines and meme machines as well.

All other species on this planet are gene machines only. They don't imitate at all well; we alone are gene machines and meme machines as well.



Free will and consciousness is an illusion, and the self is a complex of memes.

Free will and consciousness is an illusion, and the self is a complex of memes.



If everyone understood evolution, then the tyranny of religious memes would be weakened, and we little humans might find a better way to live in this pointless universe.

If everyone understood evolution, then the tyranny of religious memes would be weakened, and we little humans might find a better way to live in this pointless universe.



Imagine a world full of brains, and far more memes than can possibly find homes. Which memes are more likely to find a safe home and get passed on again?

Imagine a world full of brains, and far more memes than can possibly find homes. Which memes are more likely to find a safe home and get passed on again?



Science has, after all, made some colossal blunders in the past... Our current materialism and its rejection of the idea of a spirit or soul might be just another great falsity.

Science has, after all, made some colossal blunders in the past... Our current materialism and its rejection of the idea of a spirit or soul might be just another great falsity.



One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they think about memes is they try to extend on the analogy with genes. That's not how it works. It works by realizing the concept of a replicator.

One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they think about memes is they try to extend on the analogy with genes. That's not how it works. It works by realizing the concept of a replicator.



Parapsychology seems to be growing further away from the progress and excitement of the rest of consciousness studies.

Parapsychology seems to be growing further away from the progress and excitement of the rest of consciousness studies.



For the planet's sake, I hope we have bird flu or some other thing that will reduce the population, because otherwise we're doomed.

For the planet's sake, I hope we have bird flu or some other thing that will reduce the population, because otherwise we're doomed.



Just as the design of our bodies can be understood only in terms of natural selection, so the design of our minds can be understood only in terms of memetic selection.

Just as the design of our bodies can be understood only in terms of natural selection, so the design of our minds can be understood only in terms of memetic selection.



If you found a mammal with feathers, then you'd know that Darwin was wrong. Well, it's rather the same with memes.

If you found a mammal with feathers, then you'd know that Darwin was wrong. Well, it's rather the same with memes.





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The actual theme of corruption can condemn humanity and this conflict can be resolved when people are diligent to put an end to this catastrophe as a community."

The actual theme of corruption can condemn humanity and this conflict can be resolved when people are diligent to put an end to this catastrophe as a community."




Every single time you looked at me, through the corner of your eye and smiled. My heart pushed the ribs with all the force towards my lungs, until it got crushed and I could not breathe anymore.

Every single time you looked at me, through the corner of your eye and smiled. My heart pushed the ribs with all the force towards my lungs, until it got crushed and I could not breathe anymore.



The oak tree is inside the acorn seed, but the acorn seed will never become the oak tree unless it is willing to grow and develop

The oak tree is inside the acorn seed, but the acorn seed will never become the oak tree unless it is willing to grow and develop



Being in love has the same effect as being on drugs.

Being in love has the same effect as being on drugs.



According to Plato, we don't learn anything. Our soul has lived so many lives that we know everything. Teachers and education can only remind us of what we already know.

According to Plato, we don't learn anything. Our soul has lived so many lives that we know everything. Teachers and education can only remind us of what we already know.



I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man.

I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man.



Copyright law is a dinosaur, ill-suited for the landscape of today's media.

Copyright law is a dinosaur, ill-suited for the landscape of today's media.



Man is not to drown himself in the well of the Shastras, but he is to dive in their broad ocean and bring out pearls.

Man is not to drown himself in the well of the Shastras, but he is to dive in their broad ocean and bring out pearls.



Wars almost never end the way starters had in mind.

Wars almost never end the way starters had in mind.




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