Useless memes

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Fri May 12 2000 - 13:40:30 BST

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Subject: Useless memes
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    On 05/12/00 08:02, Vincent Campbell said this-

    >Mine answer to the question itself would be that eggs came first, because
    >eggs appeared before chickens evolved. Why it persists? Well I don't know-
    >another useless meme?

    Well, of course the egg came first, because, and here's the rub, chickens
    use sexual reproduction- therefore the chicken is never the same as the
    egg.

    Which brings us to why the conundrum remains a conundrum- it's all about
    sex, the first hinge of all meaning.

    - Wade

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