Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA23173 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 18 Apr 2002 14:20:13 +0100 Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 06:14:51 -0700 From: Bill Spight <bspight@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: Thoughts and Perceptions To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Message-id: <3CBEC6CB.C1D2B380@pacbell.net> Organization: Saybrook Graduate School X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Yahoo;YIP052400} (Win95; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en,ja References: <B757BAEA-5157-11D6-A21F-003065B9A95A@harvard.edu> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Dear Wade,
> Escape velocity is not an idea.
>
> It too is a fact.
>
> Are facts memes?
>
> IMHO, no.
>
The idea of escape velocity preceded the fact of accelerating a rocket
to that velocity for the earth. That fact would not have occurred
without the idea.
Facts are not memes. However, for any given facts, there is a
multiplicity of descriptions, explanations, theories that fit those
facts. And those descriptions, explanations, and theories are memetic.
Ciao,
Bill
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