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I've seen this arguement advanced before. I tend to agree, but my one reservation is that you can use the logic to "relate" any thought you want to to advertising, social habit etc. Therefore it cannot be proven or disproven.
I'm not so sure that "original thought" doesn't occur more regularly than thought influenced by "memes". I'm certainly with the idea of catchphrases, etc. But I'm not willing to take it much farther than that though. No matter how much "noise" is thrown at you, at some point their is a trigger in your decision that is original to you.
And Richard Dawkins should be in therapy.
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