"Meme theory shows that the more information we all know, the more progress will occur....
We can think of the human brain as a computer: a meme processing unit (MPU). Most of what everyone thinks everyday has already been thought of, but, occasionally, a few memes come together in a way that has not yet been processed and progress occurs. Progress never comes in huge chunks,
only tiny advancements at a time. Like coral, humanity's knowledge continually grows off the existing base.
Now, if you think of humanity as a distributed meme processing machine - a supercomputer of interconnected MPUs spanning the globe - then the more we know as a species, the higher the probability of new discoveries being found. The more discoveries we find, most often, the better off we all are."
There is a debate on whether or not virii can be considered a form of life... looking at this picture, I can't help but feel it is. Like a little bug with venom, it attacks our DNA instead of our nervous system.
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Who ever controls the present controls the past. - Orwell
If we don't know the past, it is like we were born yesterday. - Zinn
Who ever controls the past controls the future. - Orwell
"Meme theory shows that the more information we all know, the more progress will occur. ...
We can think of the human brain as a computer: a meme processing unit (MPU). Most of what everyone thinks everyday has already been thought of, but, occasionally, a few memes come together in a way that has not yet been processed and progress occurs. Progress never comes in huge chunks, only tiny advancements at a time. Like coral, humanity's knowledge continually grows off the existing base.
Now, if you think of humanity as a distributed meme processing machine - a supercomputer of interconnected MPUs spanning the globe - then the more we know as a species, the higher the probability of new discoveries being found. The more discoveries we find, most often, the better off we all are."
-excerpt from u4Ya.ca
There is a debate on whether or not virii can be considered a form of life... looking at this picture, I can't help but feel it is. Like a little bug with venom, it attacks our DNA instead of our nervous system.