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Culture can be seen as a symbiont for humans. Without infection, we are mere hunter-gatherers.
by s3000 4y ago
Culture can be seen as a symbiont for humans. Without infection, we are mere hunter-gatherers.
- the_af 4y agoCulture is emergent behavior or a description of human behavior, it's not an external agent that becomes attached to humans, so the analogy really doesn't work.
- sammalloy 4y agoCulture is literally an external agent passed on by our family, friends, peers, institutions, companies, and organizations. It is and always has been a meme. The analogy is sound.
- the_af 4y agoIt's not an external agent, it's an emergent property of humankind. I don't find memes a compelling idea, but regardless, memes are not viruses and culture is neither a virus nor a virus-like external agent. So the analogy is very forced and doesn't really work.
- upsidesinclude 4y agoHint: check on synonyms for culture
- the_af 4y agoCare to elaborate?
- upsidesinclude 4y agoPlay on words Cell colonies are cultures & this is on the topic of infection.
- the_af 4y agoHehe, gotcha. I always forget about this meaning of "culture" in English, since the word we use in Spanish for "lab culture" is different ("cultivo"... closer to English "crop"!).
- doodledo32 4y agoculture is the greatest egregore and the enemy of progress if not aligned properly edit: and as the one below me already alluded to, your statement exists on a physical substrate whilst culture exists abstractly thus invalid