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No, that is sort of what I meant to say, except that I would never use the word bliss for describing the state of a host brain. You could argue about the meanin
by Udo 13y ago
No, that is sort of what I meant to say, except that I would never use the word bliss for describing the state of a host brain. You could argue about the meaning of ignorance, but I really don't think this catch phrase fits well with the statement I tried to make. Competitive inhibition is a more apt term for what's actually going on.
- johnchristopher 13y agoAh, yes! It just hit me. [Here was an incoherent rambling from someone who really should go to sleep]. Your explanation fitted my biased model but I focused on my beliefs, not yours. My mistake, sorry. Don't know if I made much sense, really sleepy now :] On a related note, I remember Dawkins spoke about memes and how ideas can be seen as some kind of virus that are subject to evolution.
- Udo 13y agoI'm willing to talk about it on your terms, you don't have to bend to my mental models. I just don't have enough data yet to reason about yours ;) > On a related note, I remember Dawkins spoke about memes and how ideas can be seen as some kind of virus that are subject to evolution. I haven't read his books yet, but this stands to reason. Memes share a lot of characteristics with organisms, and humanity has built a great eco system for them in recent years. The first time I realized that ideas are actually evolutionary programs was in the 90s when I read Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash.