Re: More on what memes are made of

From: Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat Feb 05 2000 - 15:25:21 GMT

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From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk>
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    On Thu, 03 Feb 2000, Joe E. Dees wrote:
    >An arrow is both more substantial (being, after all, composed of
    >substance) and more real than a trajectory, which is dependent
    >upon the arrow for its existence, and not vice-versa.

    Please define "substance". And, explain how the trajectory's dependence upon
    the arrow is different from the arrow's dependence on its molecules.

    >A trajectory abstracted from its physical instantiation in arrowflight is an
    >ideal...

    But It's not abstracted -- I'm talking about the physical instantiation. 

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Robin Faichney

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