Various atheist blogs recently drew attention to British intellectual Susan Blackmore’s account of giving a lecture at an Oxford-based institution that “hosts groups of several hundred 17-18 year-olds for two weeks of classes”. She was speaking about memes, a term coined by Richard Dawkins to refer to ideas whose tendency … Continue reading
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Beware False Memes
I came across this meme on Twitter today. It is a nice quote that seems to support a Humanist outlook, but unfortunately it isn’t accurate & I’ve noted the errors in notes on the meme itself. Wrong Emperor This isn’t Marcus Aurelius, it’s Caracalla. Marcus Aurelius has more of … Continue reading