Hmmm... another thing to add to the list of things I want to check out.
I've always been interested in the martial arts. Now if there was just
10 more hours in each day...
> >Now this makes sense. Except of course I disagree with "need the
> >sacrificial death and resurection" part... I just think that it's enough
> >to recgonize that we /are/ imperfect and do make mistakes. As long as
> >you forgive yourself, and those around you forgive you as well, who
> >needs more?
>
> What do you think believing in Christ does? I could find heavily
> quoted/influencial scripture saying: "he forgives you. you forgive them.
> thats all you need to go directly to heaven ". This seems like the same
> thing you are saying (only through different eye-glasses)
I'm definatly going to have to go read the New Testimate again.
Actually, I've now got a (digital) copy of the Jefferson Bible. Anybody
know if it's any good?
> And why schools were built in the first place, if I recall correctly.
> Could this imply that certain Christian mindsets (those that built the
> schools, not ignorance-people) are the evolutionary ancestors to
> science-thinking?
Oh yes, very much.
> I've been wearing memeticly-colored glasses this past week.
Blood red? Actually, what this is a good idea... what colour should we
link to memetics? It could possibly go on the ideohazard as a
highlight.
> >> I prefer to think of it as maximum potiential meme density (MPMD). And
> >> don't worry about the antagonistic part.
> >
> >That great! Now if only the acronym was easier to remember...
>
> hmm.. take out the repetitious M, and you get PMD, which is much easier to
> remember, and more versatile as well (!)
Potential Meme Density... sounds like some kind of way to judge a
medium... "and the potential meme density of television, with it's
colour pictorial display, is very much higher than the PMD of radio..."
ERiC
"A man's life is interesting when he has failed: It's a sign that
he tried to surpass himself." -- George Clemenceau