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On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Wade T.Smith wrote:
LdB:
>>I wonder if we who went off on the "Selton" path weren't manifesting a
>>meme-like transmission.
WS:
>Well, you were manifesting the very usual altered-in-distribution
factor
>of spoken and written communication.
>
>And I'm sure there are those who feel mistakes are memes just as much as
>anything else is....
Mistakes in transmission do affect the precision of a meme, but I would
characterize such mistakes as 'anti-memes', if you will.
Lawrence de Bivort
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