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On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Kenneth Van Oost wrote:
>>Robin,a simple question because as you put it forward,your essay intersects with
>mine concerns.No offence though!
>Section 4_But in general,it is the relationship between the carrier and the decoding
>mechanism that really matters,etc...
>
>Do you mean that not only the genes pass on their genetic info but also the neuro-
>logocal representations of what is encoded in the gene!?
Absolutely not! The decoding mechanism, as I said, is the cellular mechanism(s)
with which the DNA interacts. Neurology has no place in this picture.
<snip>
I don't really understand the remainder of what you said here, but I do get the
impression that there's confusion between memes and genes there.
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