virus: 'Meaning of Life' Memes

Kenmce@catskill.net ("Kenmce@catskill.net")
Wed, 03 Sep 1997 19:07:37 -0500


D.H.Rosdeitcher wrote:

> The memetic/evolutionary paradigm seems to imply that we invent our own "meaning of life" since we create a memetic construct called 'meaning of life'. Does having a view that we "make up" our own 'meaning of life' lead to a sense of meaninglessness?

> --David R.

Ken McE comments:

The memetic/evolutionary paradigm of "clothing" seems to imply that we
invent our own "fashions" since we create a memetic construct called
'style'. Does having a view that we "make up" our own 'clothing' lead
to a sense of nakedness?

-or-

So what if we made it up?