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Entry: Idealogical Darwinism... Friday, July 09, 2004

It is my belief that Evolution occurs in all things (or at the very least, in all things that are subject to change) - most observably in the realm of the mind, where the ongoing struggle for the survival of ideas ultimately decides the fate of each of our own personal universes.

My halfbred mutant concepts battle it out on a daily basis - and as in nature, only the stronger ones survive to pass on their gene-like notions to the next generation of ideas. Older, nigh-immortal, institutionalised viewpoints (religion, social morality, the flawed belief that more knowledge naturally equates to more truth) are handed down to us from parents, teachers and other figures of authority - but these too must prove themselves in the hostile environment of logic, emotion, repetitive conditioning, television, peer pressures, marketing, boredom and bodychemistry.

Yet are our concepts becoming stronger? More advanced? Better? Or are our concepts arbitrarily tolerant of current environmental dangers?

I find the latter more likely - and wholly indicative of where the human race itself has landed in the evolutionary scheme of things.

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	Solender July 9, 2004 07:15 PM PDT I think the point estebaan was trying to make is that one cannot immediately see the results of Idealogical Evolution on a daily scale or possibly even within one's entire lifetime... ...this possibly holds for the uber-concept estebaan describes, although I think small incremental sub-uber leaps should be apparent particularly if someone manages to clamber up to his alotted 70 odd years. And maybe this is so - if you consider how older people become so set in their ways. Maybe the newborn mutant concepts are easily consumed by the darwinistic monster thoughts that they have bred over their lifetimes. Maybe, maybe not, I'm just tossing about thoughts here... "what point?" is a pretty valid argument when dealing with the modern mythology.


	Sinister Ninja July 9, 2004 06:23 PM PDT (that was in response to estebaan, fyi...)


	Sinister Ninja July 9, 2004 06:22 PM PDT I think the very concept of mental evolution relates to the timespan of one lifetime, as this seems to be referring to one's personal evolution (of the mind). A mind that is not always evolving is a mind that is dying, to quote one of my personalities. I may have missed the point myself, I suppose, but I think a main point of this is that everything you have been taught "from parents, teachers and other figures of authority" is subject to change, over the course of your life (hence the evolution part). But then again, what do I know. I'm just a kick-ass ninja.


	estebaan July 9, 2004 05:07 PM PDT What point? Or is that the point I'm missing? I'm confused... whats your take on it buddy..?


	Sinister Ninja July 9, 2004 04:28 PM PDT I think you're kinda missing the point, estebaan. Excellent post, Soul.


	estebaan July 9, 2004 03:47 PM PDT mate, evolution doesn't happen overnight. what you may find is that - IF - you lived long enough, your concepts would become bigger, better, faster, more. As it is, the flaw that makes us survive for only 70 odd years means that we will never reap the benefits of the personal uber-concept.

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