Re: Memes Meta-Memes and Politics 3 of 3 (1988, updates 2002)

From: Francesca S. Alcorn (unicorn@greenepa.net)
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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:56:30 -0500
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From: "Francesca S. Alcorn" <unicorn@greenepa.net>
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>On Monday, February 18, 2002, at 01:19 , Francesca S. Alcorn wrote:
>
>>there has to be a word that recognizes processes that function
>>across/at all levels of complexity.
>
>It might be called sociobiology.
>
>Which, IMHO, answers almost all of memetics' questions, goes on to
>ask and answer a few more, and gets cold shouldered as a result.
>
>Which is a pity, because it doesn't disclaim memetics at all. It
>just puts it in a rather smaller place than it might want to be.
>
>- Wade

OK, trudge, trudge, trudge. Off to add E. O. Wilson to my reading
list. I keep bumping up against his ideas don't I?

frankie

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