RE: Fwd: Did language drive society or vice versa?

From: Bruce Jones (BruceJ@nwths.com)
Date: Thu May 11 2000 - 18:51:20 BST

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From: Bruce  Jones <BruceJ@nwths.com>
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    OK I'll bite ..... Why can't animals have societies?
    First what is your definition of a society?
    What makes social structure?
    And this one will probably get a Bronx cheer from some of you ....... Is man
    not an animal?
    If not why not?

    I know this is not the real topic of this list ....but ..... Any discussion
    with the goal of enlightenment is productive.

    Bruce

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Wade T.Smith [SMTP:wade_smith@harvard.edu]
    > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 11:52 AM
    > To: memetics list
    > Subject: RE: Fwd: Did language drive society or vice versa?
    >
    > On 05/11/00 11:50, Bruce Jones said this-
    >
    > >Which came first the chicken or the egg?
    >
    > Or the question is more, can chickens have societies? It is, um,
    > fashionable (to a degree matched only by the age of one's Birkenstocks)
    > to point to animal societies.
    >
    > But, I remain, Rockported, and say pish-tosh- fanciful anthropomorphism,
    > at best....
    >
    > - Wade
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