Blackmore

From: Oliver Kullman (okullman@ut.ee)
Date: Tue May 09 2000 - 11:30:49 BST

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Subject: Blackmore
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    The questioning of Blackmore's intelligence really has no place in this
    mailing list and I don't want to get into that. But now that The Meme
    Machine is being discussed I'd like to know if anyone shares my idea about
    the last chapters in the book. Blackmore describes "the self" as the
    ultimate memeplex and shows us a way out of it. To me it seems that "the
    self" doesn't fit Blackmore's own definition of a meme, as it does not
    spread
    by imitation. Or is there evidence that babies catch up the "self" by
    imitating their parents? I'm not sure how psychologists have answered to
    this question, but if the "self" really is a meme or memeplex then shouldn't
    we have some observable mutations or variations of the meme in different
    cultures or even families.

    Oliver Kullman
    okullman@ut.ee

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