> Schneider John[SMTP:JSCHNEID@hanoverdirect.com] wrote:
>
> >At 01:09 PM 15/10/96, Richard Brodie wrote:
> >>4. The Level-3 mind sees ALL memes as mental programming, as
> >>approximations of reality, as useful girders, pulleys, and cords. The
> >>Level-3 minds realizes that NO meme is True, but all memes in his
> >>arsenal are at his disposal for use when useful. Arguing or despairing
> >>about the truth or untruth of a meme is a Level-2 exercise.
[CLIP]
> >Ahem, anyway - I do find with staggering frequency that it is "useful"
> >to
> >know whether or not certain concepts are true.
>
> Seriously, what's an example? When you stop to think, you may find that
> what you really find useful is to know whether certain concepts
> are...useful!
I suspect truth is a concept invented to predict usefulness, which
malfunctions because truth is harder to verify than usefulness.
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