Nevertheless the quality of our experience of physical reality is determined very much by the talk we listen to and communicate to others with, as well as the talk we carry on inwardly and privately. Some of our inward talk is kept so private that we are not even aware of what we are talking or even who is doing the talking. Much of talking, for example, is driven my memes . Memes are the mental analogs to genes insofar as they are archetypal codes that direct the creative force of life in the latter and of mind in the former. Their primary duty is to replicate themselves.
Viruses also behave that way and memes have been likened to computer viruses.
Memetic ideas use us like puppets. Fortunately, the mind enjoys greater freedom than the body, but like the body it has a complex immune system and can call on the powers of the higher mind to overcome mental viruses. While the body may need drugs, the mind needs higher order talk to overcome conditioned or memetic thought. Since the days of Socrates philosophers have cultivated the art of examining our thoughts in order to live better. Philosophical dialogue is the highest form of talk that we can engage in.