Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id UAA28777 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 24 Feb 2000 20:04:15 GMT Subject: Re: Monkeys stone herdsman in Kenya Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 15:03:15 -0500 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "Memetics Discussion List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20000224200902.AAA6514@camail2.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.5]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Mark M. Mills made this comment not too long ago --
>The attack required memes.
And there ain't a general alive or dead who'd be glad to hear that, but,
no, killing something or someone does not require memes- it requires
forces and objects and motions, and motivation- the article describes
thirst, so the motivation is survival. As to how the monkeys saw stones
being thrown, well, perhaps the guys they killed were just getting it
back in spades....
- Wade
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