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Whoops, it looks like you forgot to su and kill the Unix memes you are infected with.
by splawn 11y ago
Whoops, it looks like you forgot to su and kill the Unix memes you are infected with.
- bikamonki 11y agoNothing wrong with such memes, they are like good bacteria. We are talking about memes that want you to take actions (coercive memes) like spending your money on one product/service, or join a religion and then bomb the temple of another religion.
- splawn 11y agoI guess my point is no one is truly immune from meme infection as its a side effect of having a brain, its not something you can control.... "Enjoy." "I'm lovin it."
- mirimir 11y agoSome memes immunize us against other memes. As a scientist, I'm immunized against all sorts of religious memes. But of course, carriers of religious memes are typically immunized (at least partially) against scientific memes.
- splawn 11y agoI do not disagree with your point. However, if a meme works on the unconscious as many ad campaigns supposedly do, then it seems to me like anyone that makes the claim that they are "immune" should viewed skeptically. No one wants to think that advertising affects their choices, yet advertising seems to work.
- mirimir 11y agoAdvertising works because most people are not consciously present most of the time. But one can learn to distinguish oneself from ones default thoughts, which are just recordings that get cued up by triggers. And be present.
- splawn 11y agoIt sounds like you are saying it is possible to escape cognitive bias, but that might just be my cognitive bias getting in the way. :)
- bikamonki 11y agoTrue, it was a bold claim on my end. In lack of complete information we will be tricked by subtle clues, like the first time you visit a town you'll be driven to one restaurant and not others bases on such clues triggering your already hard-wired bias. But for the most part I can tell, and ignore, ads/coercive memes. They don't annoy me at all, I truly just ignore them.