Once in a life, we have been imitating a fashion and a behavior of idol or someone. What if imitation is always occurring in everyday life to individuals? In the essay, “Strange Creatures” wrote by Susan Blackmore, she claimed that whatever individuals act or think is imitation. The study said this phenomenon called “meme”. Blackmore claimed imitating is what makes us different from animals or living species. This is because humans are imitating each other without consciousness. Blackmore said whenever someone smiles, other smiles back but animals cannot. Then meme is like a copy machine. It makes copies of an ideas or behaviors or cultures and then it spreads out from person to person. Because of that meme is called “selfish” because they
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Other than that they are not responsible for anything else. Blackmore said in her essay, “Strange Creatures” of how memes are not suppose to have negative or positive effects towards the individuals. The main purpose for them is to replicate which means they are just neutral. Meme is overriding human system where imitation comes in first whether it is morally wrong or not and how it can actually affects in life. Blackmore said “memes spread themselves around indiscriminately without regard to whether they are useful, neutral, or positively harmful to us” (6). Then what could be the reasons for the negative or the positive effects? These effects are based on the product itself and behaviorism of a person. The study shows that smoking will cause a cancer and drinking will cause cardiovascular disease. Other than a smoking and a drinking will cause major health problems in our life. On the other hand, smoking and drinking can make a person to relief a stress. Either way meme is not responsible for these negative and positive sided because all they wanted was to replicate this ideal of smoking and drinking to people. Smoking and drinking can be stopped if individuals have the determination. Even though smoking and drinking can result negatively, meme can be happen because we see people who are smoking and drinking in daily life where it can consequence manipulation of it is right and gives …show more content…
They are likely to try those because of inquisitive of the taste of smoke and alcohol. A person usually starts drinking and smoking due to the influential of friends or family who smokes and drinks. Habit from the others, songs people sings, stories that are passed down, sports people watch are all included as meme. Anything can be meme and everything is dealing with meme. A meme is not an exact imitation of words or behavior but it can be transferred into own ways to people. Blackmore demand in her essay that “Each of these memes has evolved in its own unique way with its own history, but each of them is using your behaviour to get itself copied” (5). From the past to twenty first centuries, there has been many different kinds of drinks and types of smoke manufactured but the main purpose for meme is to people to drink and smoke. The meme is successful when more individuals are smoking and drinking. Because it dominates free will of individuals, the meme. Whether the products of the ciggerattes and bottle of alchole are different, the meme for those two will
Other than that they are not responsible for anything else. Blackmore said in her essay, “Strange Creatures” of how memes are not suppose to have negative or positive effects towards the individuals. The main purpose for them is to replicate which means they are just neutral. Meme is overriding human system where imitation comes in first whether it is morally wrong or not and how it can actually affects in life. Blackmore said “memes spread themselves around indiscriminately without regard to whether they are useful, neutral, or positively harmful to us” (6). Then what could be the reasons for the negative or the positive effects? These effects are based on the product itself and behaviorism of a person. The study shows that smoking will cause a cancer and drinking will cause cardiovascular disease. Other than a smoking and a drinking will cause major health problems in our life. On the other hand, smoking and drinking can make a person to relief a stress. Either way meme is not responsible for these negative and positive sided because all they wanted was to replicate this ideal of smoking and drinking to people. Smoking and drinking can be stopped if individuals have the determination. Even though smoking and drinking can result negatively, meme can be happen because we see people who are smoking and drinking in daily life where it can consequence manipulation of it is right and gives …show more content…
They are likely to try those because of inquisitive of the taste of smoke and alcohol. A person usually starts drinking and smoking due to the influential of friends or family who smokes and drinks. Habit from the others, songs people sings, stories that are passed down, sports people watch are all included as meme. Anything can be meme and everything is dealing with meme. A meme is not an exact imitation of words or behavior but it can be transferred into own ways to people. Blackmore demand in her essay that “Each of these memes has evolved in its own unique way with its own history, but each of them is using your behaviour to get itself copied” (5). From the past to twenty first centuries, there has been many different kinds of drinks and types of smoke manufactured but the main purpose for meme is to people to drink and smoke. The meme is successful when more individuals are smoking and drinking. Because it dominates free will of individuals, the meme. Whether the products of the ciggerattes and bottle of alchole are different, the meme for those two will