meme

I read an interview with Susan Blackmore on the subject of memetics, which took place during this year's TED Conference, and wondered what forum members thought of it. Nick

I'm an atheist, and have been for a few years now. I grew up in a christian household and also had a father who swore constantly 'Jesus f*ing Christ' etc (even though he wasn't christian, actually I think he was a maltheist). So my internal 'swear bag' has basically been conditioned to this...

Your homework assignment tonight is to play devil's advocate for Mr. Bush and figure out why some (not all) of the "he had no plan" "he didnt plan enough for after the war" talk is just partisan spin. Your clues: 1. How can you realisticly plan for the complete overhaul of a country that had 40...