Re: What are memes made of?

From: Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat Feb 19 2000 - 18:32:59 GMT

  • Next message: Robin Faichney: "Re: Hari Seldon" 

    Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id SAA16478 (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 18:30:39 GMT
Message-Id: <200002191829.NAA07517@mail4.lig.bellsouth.net>
From: "Joe E. Dees" <joedees@bellsouth.net>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 12:32:59 -0600
Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Subject: Re: What are memes made of?
In-reply-to: <00021916440801.01112@faichney>
X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12b)
Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk

    From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk>
    Organization: Reborn Technology
    To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    Subject: Re: What are memes made of?
    Date sent: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 16:41:22 +0000
    Send reply to: memetics@mmu.ac.uk

    > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Joe E. Dees wrote:
    > >The interplay between the fixed genetics of the birds and the
    > >variability of various birds' environment, especially in the
    > >phenomenon of imprinting (which was first discovered in bird
    > >young), which is a genetically mandated critical period during
    > >which imitation patterns are set, is enough to explain the small
    > >differences in birdsong which occur.
    >
    > Why does the fact that imitation occurs in the context of imprinting make
    > birdsong non-memetic?
    >
    Because it is circumscribed by instinct; imprinting during critical
    periods is innately and genetically mandated.
    >
    > --
    > Robin Faichney
    >
    >
    > This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the
    > Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
    > For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing)
    > see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
    >
    >

    ===============================================================
    This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the
    Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
    For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing)
    see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit

    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Feb 19 2000 - 18:30:43 GMT