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		<description>Hi M,

Thank you for the comment.  It is very interesting how you bring up examples at the molecular level. The body is a system thats one main purpose is to survive.

So according to our molecular system, the "right" way to live is to live to survive.  But then again... why is surviving the "right" way to live?</description>
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<p>Thank you for the comment.  It is very interesting how you bring up examples at the molecular level. The body is a system thats one main purpose is to survive.</p>
<p>So according to our molecular system, the &#8220;right&#8221; way to live is to live to survive.  But then again&#8230; why is surviving the &#8220;right&#8221; way to live?</p>
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		<description>We're probability machines -- fuzzy-logic difference engines.   What is right is what works.  There might not be an absolute "right" way to live, but we do have processes for evolving our thinking, for better adapting to our changing environment.


http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Chapter_2.html

Parasites have forced organisms to evolve immune systems, such as the enzymes that bacteria use to cut up invading viruses, or the roving white blood cells our bodies use to destroy bacteria. Parasitic memes have forced minds down a similar path, evolving meme systems that serve as mental immune systems.

The oldest and simplest mental immune system simply commands "believe the old, reject the new." Something like this system generally kept tribes from abandoning old, tested ways in favor of wild new notions - such as the notion that obeying alleged ghostly orders to destroy all the tribe's cattle and grain would somehow bring forth a miraculous abundance of food and armies of ancestors to drive out foreigners. (This meme package infected the Xhosa people of southern Africa in 1856; by the next year 68,000 had died, chiefly of starvation.)

Your body's immune system follows a similar rule: it generally accepts all the cell types present in early life and rejects new types such as potential cancer cells and invading bacteria, as foreign and dangerous. This simple reject-the-new system once worked well, yet in this era of organ transplantation it can kill. Similarly, in an era when science and technology regularly present facts that are both new and trustworthy, a rigid mental immune system becomes a dangerous handicap.</description>
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<p>Parasites have forced organisms to evolve immune systems, such as the enzymes that bacteria use to cut up invading viruses, or the roving white blood cells our bodies use to destroy bacteria. Parasitic memes have forced minds down a similar path, evolving meme systems that serve as mental immune systems.</p>
<p>The oldest and simplest mental immune system simply commands &#8220;believe the old, reject the new.&#8221; Something like this system generally kept tribes from abandoning old, tested ways in favor of wild new notions - such as the notion that obeying alleged ghostly orders to destroy all the tribe&#8217;s cattle and grain would somehow bring forth a miraculous abundance of food and armies of ancestors to drive out foreigners. (This meme package infected the Xhosa people of southern Africa in 1856; by the next year 68,000 had died, chiefly of starvation.)</p>
<p>Your body&#8217;s immune system follows a similar rule: it generally accepts all the cell types present in early life and rejects new types such as potential cancer cells and invading bacteria, as foreign and dangerous. This simple reject-the-new system once worked well, yet in this era of organ transplantation it can kill. Similarly, in an era when science and technology regularly present facts that are both new and trustworthy, a rigid mental immune system becomes a dangerous handicap.</p>
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