As humans, we may think that our mind is our own personal space; that we have our own unique ideas,behavior and thoughts.In fact, that is contradicted by the existence of memes. As a matter fact, our ideas have their individual representative that evolution has over time copied into other human brains. As a result that is what makes us different from animals and even technology; our ability to have memes control us as Susan Blackmore explains in her essay “Strange Creatures”. For instance, Susan Blackmore states, “We humans, because of our powers of imitation, have become just the physical ‘hosts’ needed for the memes to get around.This is how the world looks from a ‘meme’s eye view’”(37).Our entire interaction with the world driven by the
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First, Susan Blackmore opens a statement when she states, “ I want to argue that the supreme ease with which we are capable of imitation, has blinded us to this simple fact-that imitation is what makes us special”(34) .As a result, Blackmore is stating that humans do not realize that imitation is the power we have on other species, although we do not notice of the existence of imitation. Therefore, the fact that we do not notice memes controlling us does not allow us to see who really is to blame for the harmful consequences memes have on the society.At the sametime, the stanza of the quote , “if Dawkins is right then human life is permeated through and through with memes and their consequences.”(36), mentioned by Blackmore has an affect on her previous statements.Furthermore, the line “memes and their consequences” tells the readers that in reality the memes have consequences if not of its own but maybe even equal to the human society affects.Arguably, a meme can not have a consequence because it is in the brain not a figure which humans can touch or feel, but the consequences in result to the memes can be equalized to that of the hosts.In any case, just as genes they are the second replicators and have a lot to do with the social evolution of the world involving
First, Susan Blackmore opens a statement when she states, “ I want to argue that the supreme ease with which we are capable of imitation, has blinded us to this simple fact-that imitation is what makes us special”(34) .As a result, Blackmore is stating that humans do not realize that imitation is the power we have on other species, although we do not notice of the existence of imitation. Therefore, the fact that we do not notice memes controlling us does not allow us to see who really is to blame for the harmful consequences memes have on the society.At the sametime, the stanza of the quote , “if Dawkins is right then human life is permeated through and through with memes and their consequences.”(36), mentioned by Blackmore has an affect on her previous statements.Furthermore, the line “memes and their consequences” tells the readers that in reality the memes have consequences if not of its own but maybe even equal to the human society affects.Arguably, a meme can not have a consequence because it is in the brain not a figure which humans can touch or feel, but the consequences in result to the memes can be equalized to that of the hosts.In any case, just as genes they are the second replicators and have a lot to do with the social evolution of the world involving