Susan Blackmore Strange Creatures Analysis

We humans, have a special ability called imitation since we were born which distinguishes us from animals. This ability makes us special because the animals cannot do that naturally. In our daily life, we copy each other’s actions all the time which is not a good thing for us to have our individual thinking and be independent. In Susan Blackmore’s essay “Strange Creatures”, she claims that people become the host of meme because it is passed from one person to another easily. Meme is also “selfish”--using its unique behaviour to get itself copied in order to survive and reproduce. Meme is especially popular during individual's elementary education which prevent people from having their own critical thinking because they only receive the knowledge and did not think by themselves. On the country, college life gives students more freedom and choices for being an adult so that they could choose classes they like and also their interesting fields to explore. Many students dream about the life of getting into the college, without a doubt, you could make tons of friends, join in different clubs and have colorful experiences there. I believe Blackmore’s concept that the standard grade system leads us to become the host of meme which prevent students’ ability of individual thinking. While her theory oversimplifies regarding college students …show more content…
In the college, we could make full use of all the resources, get involved in different clubs and exchange ideas with people who have different background or become a research assistant to dig into the field that you are interested in. You will make friends outside your own community which will broaden your horizon. In this way we could involve America’s sense of school as ideally championing original. Less imitation, more creativity and individual