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On Genes, Memes, Bemes, and Conscious Things

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On Genes, Memes, Bemes, and Conscious Things

Unread postby Carlhole » Fri 06 Aug 2010, 22:29:30

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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'E')xamples of bemes are smiles, elements of one’s paranoia, a memory of a first bike ride, and a love for lasagna. There are millions of bemes just like we have billions of base pairs.[2] People are already beginning to make efforts at beme recording. One of the best known is Gordon Bell’s My Life Bits project.[3] It is interesting that it does not take a huge amount of data to accumulate a vast amount of bemes. At the speed at which Bell is beme-ifying his life, data is accumulating at one gigabyte a month. At this rate, it would take 83 years to hit a mere terabyte. Others are using Bell’s Sense Cam, which everyone reports is very enjoyable.[4] People seem to enjoy reproducing themselves through their bemes.


Thought this article well-worth the read; just to hear a good philosophical idea.
Carlhole
 

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