Re: Shakers

From: Ned Wolpert (wolpert5@cox.net)
Date: Sun Apr 28 2002 - 15:07:35 BST

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From: Ned Wolpert <wolpert5@cox.net>
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    > From: "Alan Patrick" <a.patrick@btinternet.com>
    > Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 04:18:46 -0400
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    > New England Shaking Brethren....memes didn't transfer across generations and
    > genes certainly did not. Amish do, but that because they breed. Thoughts as
    > to why memes cannot carry withou genes in this case?

    I thought the Shakers have been around since late 1700's? (See
    http://www.shakerworkshops.com/sdl.htm) If so, they did last longer
    than a few generations, so the memes were propagating byond the
    genetic limitations. I guess with close to 0% of genes functioning,
    it just couldn't last longer than a few hundred years, which is still
    quite impressive. (I would assume it couldn't last 70 years for the
    obvious reasons...)

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    Virtually,
    Ned Wolpert <wolpert5@cox.net> 4e75

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