Impact Of Culture On Human Nature

Human nature are the ways of acting and thinking that are common to most people. Human nature deals with the behavior, education, intelligence and character of a human being. All aspects of human nature are impacted either negatively or positively by memes passed on. The theory of memetics relate to human nature because most people think and act by imitating others. They react to a situation similarly to how someone else reacted to it in the past. Copying and learning from others is how humans evolved. “…Our power of imitation, have become just the physical ‘hosts’ needed for memes to get around” (Blackmore 37). I think imitation helped humans to increase our intelligence and become different and more talented than other species. I think human …show more content…
Culture are the beliefs and customs of a group or society. Culture influences the views and beliefs of people. Some people have parents from different cultures and they wind up learning ‘memes’ from both cultures. The impact of both cultures on someone is very positive because they learn stronger ‘memes’ which impacts them as a person. The impact of memes relating to culture are big because it effects how the person thinks and acts. One meme passed down in culture is a story. Stories are important in culture because each one has a meaning or lesson. Helpful and famous stories are passed down through generations of family and can affect a person by teaching them a lesson. One negative impact of memes on culture is if the meme insults or portrays the culture in a negative way. Some cultures would not appreciate these memes and look at them negatively. There are many other memes that can affect someone’s understanding of …show more content…
“Everything that is passed from person to person in this way is a meme. This includes all the words in your vocabulary, the stories you know, the skills and habit you have picked up from others and the games you like to play. It includes the songs you sing and the rules you obey” (Blackmore 37). We are oblivious when it comes to how much we learn from each other. We imitate or copy others with no intention to and have the ability to pass it on. Human evolution is revolved around memes because humans have grown and learned many things from memes passed down. Memes have a huge impact on humans because only the ‘strong’ memes have been passed down and these help people the most and have the greatest impact. Susan Blackmore describes humans as “versatile and widespread”. I agree with these adjectives because this shows that humans have the ability to adapt to different changes and situations. Similarly, humans have the ability to imitate or learn memes easily. Memes can have a positive impact on people but there can be negative impacts because some may disagree or not approve of the meme. We learn most our speech and actions through memes which have an impact on religion, and morality in a positive and negative