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There are two ways for humans to be immortal, neither of which requires a belief in a deity. The teaser image captures these two paths, namely genetic propagation and memetic diffusion (shown here as a musical score that might "live" on forever). Read More
C'mon Gad, Stop Dreaming
In four generations, there will be virtually no trace of you. Your published works will be lost in a tsunami of electronic data. The impacts of your "meme" will be so imperceptible so as to round to zero. Same with your DNA.
If you're going to claim that the afterlife doesn't amount to anything, then as a realist you have to apply the same sober honest logic to the empty BS in your article.
A few of the great works of the past have lived on today (not even close to "immortality"), but the other 99.999999999% of things people did amounted to almost nothing. If a person invests their time now for the potential impact on future humanity (using your paradigm), on a probability-weighted basis (given the probably imperceptible impact) they are making a poor investment. A better investment of time would be to have fun.
Let's hope that your needless venom does not survive you.
That you are able to be needlessly aggressive and rude on this electronic forum speaks to the endless scientific memes that have allowed for this to happen. We may not remember the individual scientists who contributed to these technological breakthroughs but their memes survive. Every single day of your existence is a testament to the incredible number of people that have changed the world (even in very small ways) so that you could use your stove to cook your breakfast, drive your car to work, spew inane insults on this forum, etc.
If I may suggest a point of etiquette, I think that you could have made your points without resorting to unnecessary personal attacks. That said, perhaps this is the manner by which you spread your virulent memes. ;)
Good work sir. Have a good evening.
GS
Sorry, Partner- I'm Actually a Fan of Your Blog
I'll phrase more constructively next time (which I guess proves your meme had a positive effect).
Thank you.
I appreciate your words. Have a good evening.
GS
Yeah but what's the point of
Yeah but what's the point of having Immortality if you won't be alive to enjoy it?
Exactly!
Dr. Saad,
As always, great work. I completely agree with your premise. I would like to also say that in my religious studies (14 years of Catholic schooling,) I have discovered that Christianity through the prism of Catholicism, at least, agrees with you. Jesus was more about living a good life and positively influencing people more than he did anything else. Those in power wanted to stay that way. Most of the Catholic leaders throughout the centuries made laws in order to keep the money they had in the church and nothing more. Over the years these laws became 'the way to heaven' and followers lost sight of what you have called memes.
Even religion is telling you you are correct. Nice work!
John Walt
Many thanks for your enthusiastic support!
I appreciate your kind words Mr. Walt. Thank you for your loyal readership. Have a good weekend.
GS
Meme Propagation
I liked what you wrote about Professors being virulent meme propagators. It's the hundred monkey theory in action distributed via the Systems Dynamic pattern. The Monkeys see then the Monkeys do!
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