Re: Thoughts and Perceptions

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 18 2002 - 22:23:06 BST

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    On Thursday, April 18, 2002, at 12:48 , Bill Spight wrote:

    > So tell me, why do you say that memes must not be true?
    >
    > In terms of fitness, I would think that truth would make a meme more
    > fit, in general.

    Hmmm. I never said all memes have to be false. Did I?

    Just memes about facts.

    As for truth making a meme more fit, Richard has a very good take on
    that, and, as I'm sure he'll agree, it's a fallacy at best....

    - Wade

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