Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id CAA13117 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 16 May 2000 02:57:36 +0100 Subject: Re: Central questions of memetics Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:55:06 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "Memetics Discussion List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20000516015507.AAA24577@camailp.harvard.edu@[204.96.32.182]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Chuck Palson made this comment not too long ago --
>What does repetition have to do with anything?
The re-occurance of a game that requires a bat is a cultural repetition.
Such things happen without precedent in various cultures. (Man may be the
play-with-tools-beast.) Is the bat, which is a logical requirement of the
game, a meme standing by waiting for its chance, or are the cultural
forces that emerge the game enough to re-invent the bat every time?
What doesn't repetition have to do with anything?
- Wade
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