Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id SAA16432 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 19 Feb 2000 18:11:40 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: wolfe.umd.edu: debivort owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:10:36 -0500 (EST) From: "Lawrence H. de Bivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu> X-Sender: debivort@wolfe.umd.edu To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: RE: meaning in memetics In-Reply-To: <00021916392800.01112@faichney> Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0002191306400.17340-100000@wolfe.umd.edu> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Robin Faichney wrote:
>Did you really mean to say that our minds play a role in guiding the blind
>forces of evolution?
Well, of course our minds play a role in guiding our evolution. See our
development of tools and linguistics. And we are learning how to do this
consciously, that is, deliberately doing things to affect our evolutionary
development.
Lawrence de Bivort
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