On Monday, July 1, 2002, at 04:28 PM, SQUONKSTAIL@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/1/02 9:01:56 PM GMT Daylight Time,
> hettingr@iglou.com writes:
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> Society.
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> Maggie
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> Hi Maggie,
> Mind is culturally derived!
> Excellent!
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> Susan Blackmore would argue that society is a memepool from which self
> identity as memeplex is constructed?
> Our memeplex is imposed upon us in that it is from culture that we
> learn who we are (static) and developed in part through selecting
> choice (dynamic)?
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I haven't read Blackmore, and my understanding on memes is fuzzy, (I'm
way behind you guys)
I think this sounds right, except I'd be more likely to say that the
culture stores the options from which we choose AND many of the schemas
for making the choices. The actual choice can be either
biologically-influenced (where there is a hierarchy based on gender,
size, position of another agent in a power structure); or based on
physical realities; OR is a choice enabled by balance and awareness of
DQ.
> Our selves are like clouds drifting in a social atmosphere:
Interesting analogy. Provocative.
> Boundaries between us and society; between individuality and pack
> become somewhat arbitrary?
Not sure where this fits in. At some point, if an individual's set of
stored schemas becomes (because of experience or intellect) enough
different from the society, the person becomes individual. ( Or maybe
the individual becomes a person). How consciousness works from this is
the question.
> The negation of these influences is rather like meditation?
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Meditation is one way. It's a technique to nullify some patterns in
order to be aware within bigger balances than the day-to-day society
busyness.
cheers,
Maggie
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