RE: virus: MEME UPDATE: To Censor Or Not?

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Mon, 16 Dec 1996 00:48:41 -0600 (CST)


On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Dave Pape wrote:

[Responding to Brodie]
[CLIP]

> But does "conscious" = "free"? More to the point, does "thinking driven by
> others' memes" necessarily mean "not conscious"? I don't think so. Remember,
> the freedom~consciousness equations were derived by theists. I don't want to
> take their word for it.

1) Certainly subconscious action removes the chance of overt control. If
you want to impose overt control [the reality/illusion of freewill, take
your pick], you will be ahead promoting consciousness.

2) I would phrase it as the freedom-consciousness inequalities.

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