Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA09316 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 18 May 2000 16:09:57 +0100 From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk> Organization: Reborn Technology To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Central questions of memetics Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 15:29:20 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <3923B38A.FCEC6091@mediaone.net> Message-Id: <00051815343005.00537@faichney> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Thu, 18 May 2000, Chuck Palson wrote:
>But in any event, discovering use value is not tautological because it
>is every bit as falsifiable as Darwin's theory; that's no accident because it is
>an integral part of Darwin's theory!
I don't see how "use value" for individuals can be an integral part of
evolutionary theory, unless you disagree with all the modern thinking that
says the replicator is *not* the individual, but the gene. (And there also
seems to be an implication that all behaviour is genetically determined,
but maybe your answer to the first question would also answer the second.)
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