tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post6864436880320769296..comments2024-02-19T12:05:47.873+00:00Comments on Something Surprising: Should intelligent people fear Islamism?Plasma Engineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891736950166421184noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-86909088193555147032012-06-10T12:12:59.973+01:002012-06-10T12:12:59.973+01:00As Robert Frost was saying in Mending Walls",...As Robert Frost was saying in <a href="http://wonderingminstrels.blogspot.co.uk/2001/03/mending-wall-robert-frost.html" rel="nofollow">Mending Walls"</a>, walls are built from both sides.<br /><br />From a memetic evolutionary view-point, setting up barriers to hybridization is an evolutionary strategy which suits both alleles of the same meme.<br /><br />I sometimes wonder at the people who, whilst proclaiming pride in their culture, as though any evolved culture can be superior to any other, seem afraid that their culture will be destroyed by exposure to competing ideas. How can one have pride in something so weak and puny that it might crumble at a whiff of competition?Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.com