RE: Central questions of memetics

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu May 18 2000 - 17:13:13 BST

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Subject: RE: Central questions of memetics
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 12:13:13 -0400
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    On 05/18/00 12:01, Vincent Campbell said this-

    >If I threw a ball at you and you caught it, what would you need to believe
    >in to attempt to catch it?

    That it would hurt me if it hit me, or that by catching it I'd be assured
    it wouldn't hurt me, or that you cared if I caught it or not.

    If I didn't believe something about that ball besides its physical
    reality, then I'd just let it hit the ground.

    - Wade

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