Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id BAA01980 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 23 May 2000 01:22:11 +0100 Message-ID: <39298857.E228F8AA@mediaone.net> Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 20:19:51 +0100 From: chuck <cpalson@mediaone.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Central questions of memetics References: <NBBBIIDKHCMGAIPMFFPJEELMENAA.richard@brodietech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Richard Brodie wrote:
> Chuck wrote:
>
> <<Yes,
> people do hold beliefs on the basis of their _apparent_ usefulness, and most
> beliefs in an ongoing society _are_ accurate or the society would collapse
> pretty fast. It is up to the scientist to figure out how these beliefs are
> useful because people can't always make that conscious -- because it often
> does
> them no good to be able to verbalize it.>>
>
> Do you really believe that people consciously choose their beliefs on the
> basis of their apparent usefulness? Even if true, which I don't think, you
> still need a mechanism to present competing ideas to people so they can make
> a selection.
No - again, did you receive my post on this?
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