Susan Blackmore Strange Creatures Analysis
In today’s society, intelligence is often mistaken as the most dominant trait a person can have however, what makes us unique among all species is the power of imitation.Some people may feel as if intelligence and imitation are two entirely separate terms but if one closely examines these words they are more alike then one would think. Imitation is a form of intelligence. Susan Blackmore in her essay, “Strange Creatures,” argues that the theory of memetics controlling the world.Blackmores disputes the common idea that every idea people form is not entirely theirs, from viewing the world with our power of sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing we have a understanding of physical reality only with this concept can one think of a mental one.