I would believe a super-objective observer that claimed that meme propagation is a much more important effect in human decision-making than actual rational thought.
If it said “You are a long distance runner because you were infected with the ‘long distance running is fun’ meme after being infected with the ‘Sonic the Hedgehog video games are cool’ meme during your formative years.” I might reply “But I like long distance running. It’s not Iecause I think other people who do it are cool or that I want to be a video game character! I choose to like it.” “No. If you had the ‘It’s not safe to be outdoors after dark’ meme, you would not like it.” “What?” “Memes interact in non-obvious ways… if you had x meme and y meme but not z meme, you would do w...”
If I kept trying to come up with defenses for chosen behavior, but it was able to offer meme-based explanations, I would probably have to believe it, but my defend-free-will macro would be itching to executed.
I would believe a super-objective observer that claimed that meme propagation is a much more important effect in human decision-making than actual rational thought.
If it said “You are a long distance runner because you were infected with the ‘long distance running is fun’ meme after being infected with the ‘Sonic the Hedgehog video games are cool’ meme during your formative years.” I might reply “But I like long distance running. It’s not Iecause I think other people who do it are cool or that I want to be a video game character! I choose to like it.” “No. If you had the ‘It’s not safe to be outdoors after dark’ meme, you would not like it.” “What?” “Memes interact in non-obvious ways… if you had x meme and y meme but not z meme, you would do w...”
If I kept trying to come up with defenses for chosen behavior, but it was able to offer meme-based explanations, I would probably have to believe it, but my defend-free-will macro would be itching to executed.