Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA17945 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:37:14 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [68.6.177.209] From: "Grant Callaghan" <grantc4@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Thoughts and Perceptions Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 11:31:09 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <LAW2-F49rJbTIIR5f2e000077cb@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Apr 2002 18:31:09.0883 (UTC) FILETIME=[E11D10B0:01C1E574] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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>On Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at 09:52 , Grant Callaghan wrote:
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>>The meme is our concept of what gravity is and does.
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>Respectfully, no....
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>What gravity does is a fact of the universe. That we discover and define
>and use it in any way (although, gibbons use it all the time, as do
>birds...) is not due to any concept we hold about any fact.
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>Gravity is there. Period.
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>Only an inaccuracy about gravity could be memetic, such as declaring a
>cannonball will fall faster than a turnip. Or, magic tricks designed to
>fool us into thinking there is none, such as levitation illusions.
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>- Wade
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I respectfully disagree. The concept is part of an internal map that refers
to gravity. The map is not the territory, no matter how accurate the map.
Grant
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