| Memebusters at Work: Expanding Earth Vs Moving Plates | 5 comments |
 11 Jun 2009 @ 21:56, by Max SandorAfter its proper creation, Memes become empowered by repetition. Every time it is emphasized its 'mass' of significance grows, like water filling a tub. Some call it 'pooling' if it's done intentionally, I personally prefer 'chain-pooling', as repetitions are creating chains of experiences. The vast majority of people indulge in creating chains of negative experiences. When 'everybody' is doing some identical thing, one can safely assume it is insane, so I'll try to do the opposite these days. One particularly strange meme of 'science' which I was a victim of for a long time, is the idea the ground we're walking on would 'swim' on a core of liquid magma, causing the continents to float around. As a kid I drew colorful pictures of this for school with great satisfaction even though it was a bit strange to image we would not be on solid ground. But then, the visualization of hanging on to Earth upside down during 24 hours was already strange enough. Recently I luckily witnessed the floating continents meme busted, and even more recently appeared an ingenious animation. Please now enjoy the following: |