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They're like memes, I suppose. Cannot live on their own, but replicate like mad when the circumstances are right.
by m_eiman 7y ago
They're like memes, I suppose. Cannot live on their own, but replicate like mad when the circumstances are right.
- dnautics 7y agoThe ontology on those concepts goes in the other direction.
- jacobush 7y agoI don't understand. :)
- captain_crabs 7y agoA kind of concerning thought: who's to say there aren't higher-level versions of this same concept playing out? Say we figure out the nature of consciousness and are able to effectively interact with it's "thinginess." Then we find: there are things in our universe that're semi-conscious, but feed and replicate on/inside/with the consciousness of others and are incapable of existing on their own.
- wool_gather 7y agoYou've formed a funny circle: the concept of a meme was explained by analogy to a virus when it was introduced. (In The Selfish Gene.)
- asadkn 7y agoYou mean they go viral?