Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id XAA23325 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 10 May 2000 23:08:23 +0100 Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 14:58:36 -0700 From: Bill Spight <bspight@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: a memetic experiment- an eIe opener To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Message-id: <3919DB8C.A10FF83@pacbell.net> Organization: Saybrook Graduate School X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en]C-PBI-NC404 (Win95; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: ja,en References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D31CEB16F@inchna.stir.ac.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Dear Vincent,
> It's the slogans that get passed on, the memes.
A good point, and one that raises the question, what memes?
I am old enough to remember "over, under, around, and through
Pall Mall's blend of famous tobaccos." But I never smoked
cigarettes, much less Pall Mall. If the "Winston tastes good"
meme survives in me, why don't I think that Winstons taste (or
tasted) good? What *is* the meme that survives?
Best regards,
Bill
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