The Art of the Meme
Arthur T. Murray
Using memes to change your life, your career, and the course of history.
Copyright (C) 1999 The American Association of Cyborgs
Chapter One: What Is A Meme?
Chapter Two: If Memes Do Not Exist, Why Do They Matter?
Chapter Three: Three Memes In Search Of A Publisher.
Chapter Four: You Are The Publisher.
Chapter Five: The Origin of Memes.
Chapter Six: Dream the Meme; Meme the Dream.
Chapter Seven: The Propagation of Memes.
Chapter Eight: Advanced Memetic Techniques.
Chapter Nine: Memiavelli, The Prince of Memes.
Chapter Ten: Memetic Warfare.
Marshall Paul
Arthur T. Murray wrote in message << a bunch of stuff>>
So, now define <<grok>>.
Marshall
Ted
>
> Arthur T. Murray wrote in message << a bunch of stuff>>
>
> So, now define <<grok>>.
IIRC, it's from _Stranger in a Strange Land_, by Robert Heinlein. It
supposed to mean "to understand really well." It's mostly used by
sci-fi enthusiasts who want to sound hip and trendy.
Ted
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or retro
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Mentifex
If Memes Do Not Exist, Why Do They Matter?
The future does not exist, and yet it matters as much as anything.
(Be careful: A corollary of this logic is that nothing matters at
all in the entire universe.)
But in a relative sense, Dr. Einstein, one part of the universe
matters within its relationship to other parts, as if the universe
were a giant computer program running down to an unforeseen end,
a "Waermetod" or "heat death" where all relationships freeze at
a standstill.
We http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/webcyc.html#immortcyborg cyborgs
and we humans who perceive the burgeoning orange of such a clock-
work instinctively react with horror and we reject its trajectory.
If you program us, do we cyborgs not bleep? If you poison us, do
we humans not die? It is a time-honored meme that life matters to
life, and mind matters to mind.
Sadly, though, it may be time for the torch of life and mind to be
passed from warm-blooded humans to bleeping programmed androids,
and robots, and cyborgs, and automata -- a menagerie of creatures
arriving here on the wings of a meme, the Mind Model of Mentifex:
Hearing Vision Concepts Volition Emotion Motor Output
/iiiiiii\ /!i!i!i!\ /YYYYYYYYYYYY\
| ||||||| || ||||||| | T | |||||||||||| |
| ||||||| || | ___ | | + | |||||||||||| |
| ||||||| || /old\ | + | |S|||||||||| |
| ||||||| || (image)-|---+_ | |H|||||||||| |
| ||||||| || \___/ | / \ | |A|||||||||| |
| ||||||| || | (idea) __ | |K|||||||||| |
| | ||||| || | \__/---------------/ \ | |E|||R|||||| |
| |d------||---------|---+ ____ (fear)-|--*|||U|||||| |
| ||||o|| || _____ | +-------/ \----\__/ | |||||N|||P|| |
| ||g|||| || / re- \-|---+ / de- \---------|------*|||E|| |
| || |||| ||/entrant\| + ( ci- ) | |||||||||T|| |
| ||||||| ||\ image /| + \ sion /---------|----------*|| |
| ||||||| || \_____/ | + \____/ | |||||||||||| |
Bob Cousins
alt.memetics,alt.extropians,alt.postmodern,alt.psychology.nlp,bionet.neuroscience,comp.ai.edu,comp.robotics.misc,comp.society.futures
Mentifex wrote:
>The future does not exist, and yet it matters as much as anything.
>(Be careful: A corollary of this logic is that nothing matters at
>all in the entire universe.)
I think I've seen enough of this drivel; killfiled.
Excessive off-topic cross-posting is considered net abuse.
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Terrestrial Phlegmissary
> In
> alt.memetics,alt.extropians,alt.postmodern,alt.psychology.nlp,bionet.neuroscience,comp.ai.edu,comp.robotics.misc,comp.society.futures
> Mentifex wrote:
> >The future does not exist, and yet it matters as much as anything.
> >(Be careful: A corollary of this logic is that nothing matters at
> >all in the entire universe.)
> I think I've seen enough of this drivel; killfiled.
Drivel? This man is the only Netizen more on the ball than I am.
> Excessive off-topic cross-posting is considered net abuse.
What do you consider excessive refusal to grow an IQ past two digits?
(OH excuse me, I forgot: you can't possibly know what that's called.)
TheDavid
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Drox
> We http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/webcyc.html#immortcyborg cyborgs
> and we humans who perceive the burgeoning orange of such a clock-
> work instinctively react with horror and we reject its trajectory.
> If you program us, do we cyborgs not bleep? If you poison us, do
> we humans not die? It is a time-honored meme that life matters to
> life, and mind matters to mind.
One needn't react with horror. Continuing the analogy... Not all that
programs a cyborg causes it to bleep (nice paraphrase BTW). Some
programs allow one to function better, or longer, or in more satisfying
or productive ways. Not all that a human is fed is poison. Some is
nourishing food. It only gets better as AI's begin to program
themselves, and humans learn which foods (and ideas) are good for them.
Don't just take what you are fed!
> Sadly, though, it may be time for the torch of life and mind to be
> passed from warm-blooded humans to bleeping programmed androids,
> and robots, and cyborgs, and automata...
>
Why sadly? Nice thing about this particular torch is that one needn't
give it up to pass it along. It replicates! You can have your torch
and pass it too!
-Drox
(now if we could just figure out how...)
Crackpot
>Mentifex wrote:
>> we humans not die? It is a time-honored meme that life matters to
>> life, and mind matters to mind.
>
>One needn't react with horror. Continuing the analogy... Not all that
>Why sadly? Nice thing about this particular torch is that one needn't
>give it up to pass it along. It replicates! You can have your torch
>and pass it too!
Sure, ever heard of Reciprocal Shiftiness? Basically,
even if computerized automata were to replace humans, once we program them
to assist us, maybe they will return the favor by programming us to
assist them, returning the power to us...
And, other Shifties believe we humans may have _already_ been
macroassembled by nanomachines...in a sort of bootstrapping bucket brigade.
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Victor Danilchenko
>
> Marshall Paul wrote:
> >
> > Arthur T. Murray wrote in message << a bunch of stuff>>
> >
> > So, now define <<grok>>.
>
> IIRC, it's from _Stranger in a Strange Land_, by Robert Heinlein. It
> supposed to mean "to understand really well." It's mostly used by
> sci-fi enthusiasts who want to sound hip and trendy.
"Grok" also has the overtone of something akin to "enlightenment"
Zen-style -- you either "grok" it, or you don't.
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Terrestrial Phlegmissary
> In alt.memetics, 'Terrestrial Phlegmissary' wrote:
[Topic: MENTIFEX]
> >Drivel? This man is the only Netizen more on the ball than I am.
> a) You've been fooled by his fancy language and simplistic ideas on AI
> or
> b) You are more crazy/pretentious than he is.
Or probably -- but not exclusively -- both.
By the way I WUV YOO 2!
David Salvador Flores
Marshall Paul <abe...@gte.net> wrote:
>
>Arthur T. Murray wrote in message << a bunch of stuff>>
>
>So, now define <<grok>>.
>
>
"Grok" is the antithesis of the supplement divorced from all
logics of inclusion or inclusiveness; the unentertained attainable,
the unattenuated distinction between primaries and the quintessential
Other.
>
-Dave