“We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators. We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.”
I bought a bunch of model kits years ago, I enjoy building and painting, but never had the time. Now I have the time, but it turns out I can’t see the small parts, and I shake too much to paint. Whatever you love doing, do it now if you can.
👓 Teeeechnically, it was. Richard Dawkins coined the term in 1976. I did think it came into use as “internet in-joke” in the mid 2000s but Wikipedia says Mike Goodwin used it in 1993 already. Peter Jackson wouldn’t have known it like that when they were writing, I think it’s safe to assume.
No way that’s something he said surely. The word “meme” wasn’t even a thing back then
-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, 1976
Meme in it’s modern usage wasn’t.
That’s where the concept comes from. The documentary Metal Gear Solid 2 explains it better than I can.
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Also, you are correct, this image was a joke.
How did the same guy that said this got deluded into thinking AI is conscious
He got like 60 years older. Believe me, it is going to happen to you too.
That’s one of my fears, is that by the time I am old enough to retire, I’ll be too old to enjoy my steam games…
I bought a bunch of model kits years ago, I enjoy building and painting, but never had the time. Now I have the time, but it turns out I can’t see the small parts, and I shake too much to paint. Whatever you love doing, do it now if you can.
👓 Teeeechnically, it was. Richard Dawkins coined the term in 1976. I did think it came into use as “internet in-joke” in the mid 2000s but Wikipedia says Mike Goodwin used it in 1993 already. Peter Jackson wouldn’t have known it like that when they were writing, I think it’s safe to assume.
But it’s on the internet. It must be true.
technically wrong but realistically correct.
Swing and a miss