r bodies have been molded by the physical environment, the characteristics of our thoughts and beliefs have been shaped by the memetic environment within which we reside; we are utterly limited by the ideas we’ve been exposed to.
Intrinsically, we are rational creatures, and accordingly, we strive to make sense of the limited data we are exposed to. But our reasoning skills only take us so far; we are also effected by various biological vestiges (i.e. emotions, hormones, autonomic responses, etc.) and the social environment. Our belief systems are subsequently influenced by non-rational forces, leading to the large number of unfounded memes and memeplexes that exist in our societies.
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