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Project: Designing Science Fiction Scenarios
Project: Designing Science Fiction Scenarios
The haven all memes depend on reaching is the human mind, but a human mind is itself an artifact created when memes restructure a human brain in order to make it a better habitat for memes. The avenues for entry and departure are modified to suit local conditions, and strengthened by various artificial devices that enhance fidelity and prolixity of replication: native Chinese minds differ dramatically from native French minds, and literate minds differ from illiterate minds. What memes provide in return to the organisms in which they reside is an incalculable store of advantages —- with some Trojan horses thrown in for good measure. . .
Daniel Dennett, Consciousness Explained
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