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Bill Spight wrote:
> Dear Chuck,
>
> > If memetics is supposed to be a
> > science, then there has to be explicit comparisons with existing theory to
> > see which theory has the advantage.
> >
> > I myself have specified falsifiable conditions, but I haven't heard anyone
> > within the meme tradition specify this, and that's a standard tool of
> > science.
>
> I do not consider memetics a theory, as much as a viewpoint.
I would agree heartily with this. How do others feel about it?
> P. S. Saybrook was named indirectly for Old Saybrook, Conneticut,
> site of a major conference on Humanistic Psychology
NOW I know why it sounds so familiar!
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