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Subject: RE: meaning in memetics
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From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
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> Richard Brodie made this comment not too long ago --
>
> >I'm unclear on your meaning. When you use the word "adaptation"
>
> Adapt- To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use. fit,
> adjust, suit, accommodate, conform, square, fashion, reconcile, tailor,
> acclimatize, acclimate.
>
In the genetic epistemology of Jean Piaget, assimilation (of
environment to organism) plus accommodation (of organism to
environment) equals adaptation.
>
> - Wade
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