Re: Hari Seldon

From: Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Feb 22 2000 - 16:42:02 GMT

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From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk>
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    On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Lawrence H. de Bivort wrote:
    >LdB:
    >>>Mistakes in transmission do affect the precision of a meme, but I would
    >>>characterize such mistakes as 'anti-memes', if you will.
    >
    >Robin Faichney:
    >>Whatever happened to the concept of mutation? That indispensable element of
    >>evolution, you know?
    >
    >Mistakes and mutations are different concepts.

    Obviously so. But I always thought it generally accepted that what is a mistake
    from the "normal" perspective, if it results in a modified concept or
    behaviour, should be considered a memetic mutation. Is there some other way of
    looking at this of which I'm unaware? 

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Robin Faichney

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