Re: Hari Seldon

From: Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat Feb 19 2000 - 18:22:14 GMT

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From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk>
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    On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Lawrence H. de Bivort wrote:
    >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.

    Whatever happened to the concept of mutation? That indispensable element of
    evolution, you know? 

    --
Robin Faichney

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