RE: virus: C of V: Another Religion

Tadeusz Niwinski (tad@teta.ai)
Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:58:07 -0800


Richard welcomed David to the list, thanked him for the fresh point of view
and brought up his old axioms:

1) Memes exist.
2) Only useful memes are useful.
3) Life is a battle with no rules.
4) Promote, promote, promote.

>Let's first kill this word "discovery." Ayn Rand made an INVENTION, not
>a discovery.

Is this an example of a "useful" distinction meme?

And -- you know, Richard -- "once you buy into the distinction-memes, you've
lost the battle". I agree that there is a difference between "discovery"
and "invention", but from a person who "does not believe in believing"?... :-)

To use you own strategy:
Translation: Let's create distinction-memes called "discovery" and
"INVENTION" and say that one is not the same as the other. How creative...

>Once you buy into the distinction-memes, you've lost the
>battle. This is why I never argue about whether there is or isn't free
>will - I just don't use the meme because it isn't useful to me.

What battle, Richard? If you don't want to argue about the existence of
free will, why do you?

Regards, Tadeusz (Tad) Niwinski from planet TeTa
tad@teta.ai http://www.teta.ai (604) 985-4159