Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA05232 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:36:51 GMT Subject: RE: meaning in memetics Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:35:21 -0500 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas est veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20000215144116.AAA28933@camail2.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 02/14/00 18:22, Joe E. Dees said this-
>Memetics, however, has nothing to
>do with the primordial extraction of pattern from the natural world,
>and everything to do with, subsequent to our imposition of meaning
>and value upon it and our coding of it in a common symbol system,
>its transmission and reception between, and mutation within,
>intentional and signifying minds.
It is often useful, at least to me, to begin to arrive at a place by
first visiting all the places it is not. (That this may well be the
natural course of any travel is, well, sadly obvious.)
To which end, the passage above (pun intended) from Joe has helped to
move me out of a place I had no need to stay in. I'm still wandering on
the socio-biologic side of the fence, and have been for awhile, but I'm
in a new acre of the farm.
Thanks to Robin and Joe for keeping this discussion socratic and
informational- well, it was for me.
- Wade
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