Brett

Yes, I did realise I’d made a mess of the whole thing. Cheers. I’ll think about redoing it.

Yes, I regretted it because I felt it was going to get stuck on whether climate change was real or not. So if I had elaborated on Jungian ideas of col...

Okay. But not well written; in what sense?

This is an amazing statement. Wallace Stevens and T. S. Elliot both worked in a place of business. Of course you may not think they’re actually poets.

Now it’s gone again. I can’t even find it on search.

Strange. I just found it. I’m confused.

Same with my post ‘Is climate change real?’ Though in retrospect I’m not concerned. I’d just like to know what happened.

Actually, my comment was unnecessary. But I was thinking that ‘followed’ was probably not what they were doing, because there was not much choice abou...

Followed? Hardly.

For a long time I’ve wondered how, or in what form, this headlong cultural rush towards destruction we are in: cost of living, cost of resources, envi...

Over the years I’ve developed a feeling that the whole idea of diversity is something that cannot be managed, that it contributes to a greater fragmen...

I’m not suggesting that we can ignore what we see in front of us. What I’m trying to add is that the idea of focusing on difference does not help to o...

I think this where memes actually differ from a gene, and is possibly the weakness in the potential of memes. A gene is passed on and survives because...

I think this is a very interesting point. The gay marriage argument, among others, was that it was ‘the right thing to do’. That’s a very persuasive a...

This is interesting. Because you don’t actually know where I’m from, what sex, what religion, or colour. You debating only my thoughts, where we are a...

These groups may not necessarily represent the whole community in their efforts. Though they may believe they speak for everyone they operate as a sma...

By the way, we are not all American in this conversation.

Yes, I see what you meant. Though laws are enacted for the anonymous individual.

But isn’t it the case that they are?

But, what is “being black’, being ‘gay’?

That’s what I’m suggesting.

Yes, I understand that. But my point was it goes towards emphasising difference, which is the problem. Unless blacks and gays think differently and ar...

It occurred to me today that when I make my posts, in response to other posts, I have no idea if the poster is female or male. It was an odd sensation...

I once saw a teacher writing out a maths formula on the white board, explaining it as he went. When he was finished I felt compelled to say “That was ...

That’s my understanding, too. Though in the end it makes no difference why they did it.

The obvious question, to me, leading on from this, is what do we need? What is it we should take with us through to the other side and what should we ...

This is interesting.

I wasn’t intending to shoot the messenger. I just wanted to clarify your intention.

“an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture—often with the aim of conveying a particular phenomenon, theme, or me...

I think it’s very likely they will have a different understanding of us, and a ‘vocabulary’ that wild dogs wouldn’t have.

It seems to me me, though, that even if a dog understood a meme, would that dog be able to pass it on to another dog. If the meme goes no further than...

Has this idea about memes been confirmed? A meme might appear as a simple visual shot of meaning, or a phrase, but, really, what sort of meaning?

Is this your question? I mean is this the point you’re trying to make? If we’re mentioning Noah, are we talking about after the flood?

I’ve reread your first post and I take note of your “hand-waving gestures”. Which is, I guess, “just putting this out there”. Is that right? You threw...

Of course this is not a logical decision, it’s not even based on data and analysis, it’s a scenario individuals chose to live by. It’s a psychological...

A little bid of levity, Unenlightened. However, ‘fear is already dominating ’ was not answered.

What percentage of the population would you use as evidence that fear is already dominating?

Why for me?

I’ve read this a few times but I can’t understand what you’re getting at. Can you give me a bit more?

I probably should have said that celebrity attained its perfect form in America.

Okay, maybe it’s not an American phenomen. What about the rest of my post, then? I don’t understand this response of jumping on a word or sentence tha...

What’s disturbing is that we have children believing that the world is going to end in ten years.

If I had left out the word ‘insanity’ how would you have responded to my post?

There’s something about your first post that I didn’t like, but I wasn’t sure what it was. Now I realise that it’s the whole issue of fear. The stakes...

I think what an actor is may have gone astray over the years. Actors play a part written by the playwright, who has a desire to express something thro...

Is agreement for the benefit of the weak or the strong? An agreement gives security to the weak and advantages to the strong. Though that’s not the on...

But what if you have nothing to trade?

With or without written or tacit agreement I think we agree day to day to get along. The slightest perceived threat and the agreement becomes shaky. A...

Life strives to reproduce itself, whether it has weak genes, abnormal genes or successful genes. We are all the result of a long line of successful ge...

Yes, and all this overwrought discussion triggered by an old snake oil salesman.