Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id AAA13650 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 29 Apr 2002 00:41:18 +0100 Message-ID: <03e401c1ef0d$e923dee0$8e4d073e@APATRICK2KLAPTOP> From: "Alan Patrick" <a.patrick@btinternet.com> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <0DDA4E47-5AFB-11D6-ACE6-003065B9A95A@harvard.edu> Subject: Re: Shakers Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:39:13 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Who said anything about 'all'?
I'd better restate my question:
(i) Shakers practiced celibacy. Genetically therefore there was no
replication. There are also no more Shakers, ergo their memes have also died
(except if you believe in furniture as meme replicators to IKEA and the
like)
(ii) Other groups rooted in similar traditional beliefs have transmitted
their genes, and their memes.
ie, would this suggest that genetic replication is required for "faith" and
"belief" memes after the first generation?
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