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Susan Blackmore Quotes: "Free will and consciousness is an illusion, and the self is a complex of memes."

Free will and consciousness is an illusion, and the self is a complex of memes.



Susan Blackmore Quotes: "If everyone understood evolution, then the tyranny of religious memes would be weakened, and we little humans might find a better way to live in this pointless universe."

If everyone understood evolution, then the tyranny of religious memes would be weakened, and we little humans might find a better way to live in this pointless universe.




Susan Blackmore Quotes: "Imagine a world full of brains, and far more memes than can possibly find homes. Which memes are more likely to find a safe home and get passed on again?"

Imagine a world full of brains, and far more memes than can possibly find homes. Which memes are more likely to find a safe home and get passed on again?



Susan Blackmore Quotes: "Science has, after all, made some colossal blunders in the past... Our current materialism and its rejection of the idea of a spirit or soul might be just another great falsity."

Science has, after all, made some colossal blunders in the past... Our current materialism and its rejection of the idea of a spirit or soul might be just another great falsity.




Susan Blackmore Quotes: "One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they think about memes is they try to extend on the analogy with genes. That's not how it works. It works by realizing the concept of a replicator."

One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they think about memes is they try to extend on the analogy with genes. That's not how it works. It works by realizing the concept of a replicator.



Susan Blackmore Quotes: "Parapsychology seems to be growing further away from the progress and excitement of the rest of consciousness studies."

Parapsychology seems to be growing further away from the progress and excitement of the rest of consciousness studies.



Susan Blackmore Quotes: "For the planet's sake, I hope we have bird flu or some other thing that will reduce the population, because otherwise we're doomed."

For the planet's sake, I hope we have bird flu or some other thing that will reduce the population, because otherwise we're doomed.




Susan Blackmore Quotes: "Just as the design of our bodies can be understood only in terms of natural selection, so the design of our minds can be understood only in terms of memetic selection."

Just as the design of our bodies can be understood only in terms of natural selection, so the design of our minds can be understood only in terms of memetic selection.



Susan Blackmore Quotes: "Consciousness is an illusion constructed by the memes."

Consciousness is an illusion constructed by the memes.



Susan Blackmore Quotes: "If you found a mammal with feathers, then you'd know that Darwin was wrong. Well, it's rather the same with memes."

If you found a mammal with feathers, then you'd know that Darwin was wrong. Well, it's rather the same with memes.



Susan Blackmore Quotes: "Take male strategies for success in the world. If you've got all the advantages, if you're attractive and clever and all of that, you will generally go for very high quality females."

Take male strategies for success in the world. If you've got all the advantages, if you're attractive and clever and all of that, you will generally go for very high quality females.



Susan Blackmore Quotes: "I have not come up with anything original. It needs a better brain than mine! I have done what I can do in taking Dawkins' idea and extending it."

I have not come up with anything original. It needs a better brain than mine! I have done what I can do in taking Dawkins' idea and extending it.




Susan Blackmore Quotes: "If we take memetics seriously then the 'me' that could do the choosing is itself a memetic construct: a fluid and ever-changing group of memes installed in a complicated meme machine."

If we take memetics seriously then the 'me' that could do the choosing is itself a memetic construct: a fluid and ever-changing group of memes installed in a complicated meme machine.