Bikerdude... absolutely sir!
Richard Dawkins talks about this a lot. The importance of "memes" as entities that somehow have their own drive to be replicated. I don't really think he handles the idea of how our consciousness and meta-cognition needs to buy into a meme and therefore we are more co-creators than meme sleeper cells but I think it reflects your very strong idea that we may respond to ideas as objects within that which we call our mind. Love this!
Yes and if you notice the Dude has a copy of Sartre's "Being and Nothingness" on his book shelf.
Existentialism and nihilism are central themes.
A question is, is the Dude a nihilist?
The Dude and Walter are both archetypes of a generation.
It kind of looks like two types of nihilism.
Slack is a form of nihilism.
Is the stranger the Dude's Donnie?
"Fuck it! That's your answer to everything.
Tattoo it on your forehead."