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It is a strong argument. The computer virus invades a hard drive and resists all attempts to remove it, now matter how rational
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'The haven all memes depend on reaching is the human mind, but a human mind is itself an artifact created when memes restructure a human brain in order to make it a better habitat for memes. The avenues for entry and departure are modified to suit local conditions, and strengthened by various artificial devices that enhance fidelity and prolixity of replication: native Chinese minds differ dramatically from native French minds, and literate minds differ from illiterate minds. What memes provide in return to the organisms in which they reside is an incalculable store of advantages --- with some Trojan horses thrown in for good measure. . . '
Daniel Dennett, Consciousness Explained '
He has presuppositions. Both Dawkins and Dennet are atheists. Thus, they will OF COURSE write something that sounds oh-so-perfect in "proving" their already-present
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What they cannot deal with is the fact that our universe does not have enough atoms in it to throw those dice for random assembly of molecules even one time. Dawkins and Dennett are writing against "consciousness" and "mind" because in their mind is the conscience--with knowledge--and it is bugging them
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I'm looking forward to reading Karen Armstrong's response to Dawkins, because she's the only thinker I would trust here. She's viewed a great many religions from a great many angles - having herself been everything from a Roman Catholic nun to an athiest and many places in between - and she has a mind like a clamp. As it happens
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It's well worth reading Ms. Armstrong (she wrote 'A History of God,' and 'The Battle for God
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