Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id UAA25076 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 6 Mar 2000 20:09:58 GMT Message-ID: <002701bf87ab$2d865940$460fbed4@default> From: "Kenneth Van Oost" <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be> To: "memetics" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <Pine.SGI.4.10.10003051857460.3569616-100000@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> Subject: Re: new line: what's the point? Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 21:33:04 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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From: Robert Logan <logan@physics.utoronto.ca>
To: Kenneth Van Oost <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 1:00 AM
Subject: Re: new line: what's the point?
> Hi Kenneth - I just received your intriguing remarks which ar ecertainly
> food for thought. I will think about what you have said and get back to
> you. As someone new to the field I can not respond with the speed of a
> Faicney, Robertson or Dees.
>
> Thanks for considering my ideas.
>
> A bientot
>
> Bob Logan
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> Bob,
Don't worry,I am also new to the field.
In addition to my respons made yesterday I like to add the following.
<You wrote,I would like to say every word,every science story,every
<semantical element of a language is a meme.
I like to add what is ' coded ' in the meme (that is all interpretations,all
possible angles of a problem,all what is possible meaningfull to a meme
is included in the <meme-structure> and is replicated.
I mean really all the consequences,all what an individual carries wtihin
himself about society/ethics/politics/community/...and in your case
language.
That is,all what possibly can be coded into the meme to give the specific
meaning is replicated.In your case,no one will give the same importance
to the * full * meaning of a word/language or story,we are in that respect
all * memetical unique *_that is each time that a word is spoken,a story
told we will have,all of us individual,different representations about what
is spoken off,about the context of the story.
Does this help!?
Regard,
Kenneth
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