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  Have memes been scientifically proven?

  by passwordprotected in

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  i'm guessing lots of people here believe in memes.

  my question, have they been scientifically proven?.

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  I'm sort of surprised; this thread has been viewed over 170 times but no one has been able to provide me with the scientific proof that memes exist. I understand that they are a metaphor to describe an analogy, but that doesn't provide scientific proof that the concept of the analogy for which memes is a metaphor is even true.

  What surprises me about this is that I'm very sure that many people believe in memes due to the teachings of Dawkins. But surely before that belief comes the knowledge to back up or prove their existence. If memes are still theoretical and hopefully one day science will back up the metaphor, or they're such an abstract concept that a level of hope in their existence is necessary, surely that falls into the category of faith. And isn't faith delusional?
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  Have memes been scientifically proven?

  by passwordprotected in

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  i'm guessing lots of people here believe in memes.

  my question, have they been scientifically proven?.

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  So, yes, memes have been scientifically proven? I thought they were an analogy. Can an analogy be proven in a lab?
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  Have memes been scientifically proven?

  by passwordprotected in

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  i'm guessing lots of people here believe in memes.

  my question, have they been scientifically proven?.

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  eugenics anyone?

  by ninja in

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  this is the brother of rahm emanuel not liking the spotlight being pointed at him.......we are in trouble folks.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho-0shfeggo.

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  Eugenics is all around us, on farms and stockyards, in horse paddocks, among the birds around our homes, among the fish in the rivers. It's been at work for thousands of yrs.

  Among humans?
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  Have memes been scientifically proven?

  by passwordprotected in

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  i'm guessing lots of people here believe in memes.

  my question, have they been scientifically proven?.

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  So really there isn't anything that even needs to be proven, since an analogy only needs to serve an explanatory purpose.

  But if it doesn't really need to be proven or is just an analogy, how come the 'science' of memetics has sprung up?

  Again I'll ask, can memes be scientifically proven or not? Even if they're analogous, they're analogous of something; can that something be scientifically proven? Remember, if you believe in memes they need to be proven scientifically, analogy of the abstract or not.
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  Have memes been scientifically proven?

  by passwordprotected in

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  i'm guessing lots of people here believe in memes.

  my question, have they been scientifically proven?.

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  Have memes been scientifically proven?

  by passwordprotected in

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  i'm guessing lots of people here believe in memes.

  my question, have they been scientifically proven?.

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  Scientific proof doesn't exist

  Is that true? I've heard that some scientists doubt the Theory of Relativity and there are conventions around the world, published papers etc that put forward their doubts, backed of course by research. However, the scientific 'establishment' rejects these doubters, stating that the Theory of Relativity is absolutely solid.

  So if scientific proof doesn't exist, how can science provide all of the answers? Surely those answers are subject to change or doubt? And if that's the case, how can mankind's hope and future be built upon them? I keep thinking of the term 'trial and error'. Scientists conduct experiments or trials, and these often result in error. Or have I missed the point?

  Something can be proven beyond any reasonable doubt, but that's not really possible with an abstract concept like memes.

  So if the subject is sufficiently abstract, it doesn't need to be proved beyond reasonable doubt before it can/should be believed?
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  Have any of you had the experience of listening to a Witness' sad story, and not being able to tell them, ITS BECAUSE YOU ARE IN A CULT!?

  by BonaFide in

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  tonight i went out with some witnesses for coffee.

  one is an elder, and the others are pioneers, etc.

  two of them had a sad story of how other elders had treated them lately, and one talked about how the elders in her hall won't give her any assignments.

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  Reniaa, have you ever tried switching off your computer & throwing it away?

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  Anyone listening to the confrence call?

  by foolsparadise in

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  this guy got completely railroaded.

  another person earns his freedom!

  !.

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  Jw's follow Jesus's words of giving caesars things back to caesar even if caesar proves currupt. but then Jesus too got into trouble for pointing to God's kingdom rather than men's, JW's are just following his words in this. Are they wrong to follow Jesus pointing to God's kingdom as mankinds salvation?

  Strawman.

  Did Paul or did Paul not say that we should pray for the kings and those in authority? Do JWs ever do that at their public meetings? No. They preach a message of hate against all other religions and all governments, while at the same time admitted that these governments stand in their place according to Jehovah's will. They also cry foul when these same governments wish to extract what belongs to Caesar.

  You can't have it both ways, can you?
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  Kaytee & Twink's "Resignation" letter

  by twinkletoes in

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  this was the second letter given to elders that turned out to be a "resignation" letter.

  this was, as you will see, because they chose not to answer any of our questions.

  the reason we are posting our letter, is because it is now obvious (by personal experiences) that ones who we thought were our friends are now choosing to shun us.

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  How am I an unscrupulous poster? You've told everyone hear about your private life and now you cry "indecent" when it's referred to.

  Ad hominem, poisoning the well etc etc etc.