RE: What are memes made of?

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 23 2000 - 19:24:29 GMT

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    Richard Brodie made this comment not too long ago --

    >To embellish this point slightly... in my mind the question is, does the
    >evolution of birdsong result in the formation of culture, which takes on a
    >life of its own independent of, but on the platform of, its genetic
    >heritage? That's when it would be memetics.

    Yes! That is the other question!

    (There are always two sides....)

    ;-)

    - Wade

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