Re: Useless memes

From: Robert Logan (logan@physics.utoronto.ca)
Date: Sat May 13 2000 - 02:05:06 BST

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 21:05:06 -0400
From: Robert Logan <logan@physics.utoronto.ca>
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    On Fri, 12 May 2000, Joe E. Dees wrote:

    > Date sent: Fri, 12 May 2000 19:46:46 -0400
    > From: Robert Logan <logan@physics.utoronto.ca>
    > To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Subject: Re: Useless memes
    > Send reply to: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > >
    > You might want to compare your Science Non-Probativity Theorem
    > to Popperian Falsifiability, Bob. They seem awfully close to me.
    > >

    Hi Joe - it is Popper's Falsifiability I have in mind - perhaps you are
    right I should more properly attribute to him. Thanks for the suggestion.
    I must confess I have not read Popper - falsifiability is a meme for me.
    Would you have the correct reference by any chance

    thanks - bob

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