Re: Cultural traits and vulnerability to memes

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 14 2002 - 22:33:31 GMT

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    Hi Steve Drew -

    >If you're running on 'auto', then your reactions are those that
    >are hard wired, or constitute a repetitive learned behaviour -

    - or a meme- that is, a culturally learned behavior that is responsive,
    with preceding intentional and organizational processes (of mind).

    And there, I just did a definition of sorts.

    - Wade

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