Re: Thoughts and Perceptions

From: Bill Spight (bspight@pacbell.net)
Date: Fri Apr 19 2002 - 18:11:16 BST

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    From: Bill Spight <bspight@pacbell.net>
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    Dear Wade,

    > > Or do you think that
    > > there are true memes? If so, what?
    >
    > Well, perhaps, but, who cares? As a standee upon the memes are behavior
    > side of the fence, all memes are true inherently by virtue of having
    > been performed....

    I thought that was your bent, and I was a little surprised about your
    even talking about conceptual memes. :-) You did seem to be saying that
    only false statements could be memes, rathen than saying that *no*
    statements are memes (except as behaviors, OC). In that case their truth
    or falsity should be irrelevant, no?

    Best,

    Bill

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