Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id RAA12805 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 5 Mar 2000 17:36:04 GMT From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk> Organization: Reborn Technology To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: RE: Monkeys stone herdsman in Kenya Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 16:58:21 +0000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <NBBBIIDKHCMGAIPMFFPJKEFNEHAA.richard@brodietech.com> Message-Id: <00030516592300.00394@faichney> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000, Richard Brodie wrote:
>Robin wrote:
>
><<If
>anyone besides our two selves (!) is interested in our discussion, they
>might
>also be interested in the fact that we can agree on some significant
>points.>>
>
>I think you agree on most of it and have most of it right. Robin's model is
>through the eyes of information and Joes is through the eyes of meaning.
>Neither one exactly matches the eye of the meme, but they're both pretty
>close. Dennett frequently says "Mother Nature is cleverer than you are."
>Meme evolution is klugy. I don't think it fits neatly in one package. Memes
>will propagate through any means possible.
Nice bit of bridge-building there, Richard! :-)
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