Re: Useless memes

From: Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat May 13 2000 - 03:43:02 BST

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From: "Joe E. Dees" <joedees@bellsouth.net>
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    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
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    > > >
    > > 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
    >
    Check out CONJECTURES AND REFUTATIONS and THE LOGIC
    OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, by Sir karl, or check out the sute on
    Pancritical Rationalism at
    http://www.infidels.org/~arkuat/faq/pcr.html
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