To be or not to be: memetics a science?

From: Philip Jonkers (philipjonkers@prodigy.net)
Date: Mon Apr 01 2002 - 02:48:28 BST

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    Boy are we quiet out there or what? Here's an issue for you guys to ponder
    about
    and hopefully to revive the list a little.

    Is memetics a science? That is: a systematic study about the structure and
    behavior of the physical
    world consisting of theory as well as experiment. If not (yet), does it has
    what it takes to
    ever become one? Or are the variables involved too complex to be isolated
    for experimental
    study and will it thus remain a theory without the possibility of testing
    the things it predicts and implies?

    Your opinions of whatever kind are gladly appreciated. So: What Say You?

    Phil.

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