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On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, Wade T.Smith wrote:
>>>But, memes themselves are the blocks upon which subjectivity rests.
>>
>>The blocks upon which it rests, or the bricks of which it is made?
>
>Neither really- genetics are the blocks, I guess, that subjectivity sits
>upon- but, it's much more as if consciousness (and thus memesis) is the
>vapor produced by the engine of the mind.
You assume that "memesis" is bound to consciousness, which you might have
noticed, not everyone around here has accepted, yet, even if you have.
As regards "vapor produced by the engine of the mind", what springs
irresistably to mind is much of the stuff recently posted to this list. :-)
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