03 JAN 2011 by ideonexus
The Danger of Culture and Science as the Solution
This phenomenon of having a memory for the race, of having an accumulated knowledge passable from one generation to another, was new in the world. But it had a disease in it. It was possible to pass on mistaken ideas. It was possible to pass on ideas which were not profitable for the race. The race has ideas, which were not profitable for the race. The race has ideas, but there are not necessarily profitable. So there came a time in which the ideas, although accumulated very slowly, were all ...Science is the cure for erroneous memes that enter our culture.