From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu 17 Oct 2002 - 05:13:05 GMT
On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 12:04 , Scott Chase wrote:
> Wade= externalist beme
> You= internalist meme-ory
> Pink unicorn= ???
You know, the usual variant of the Pink Unicorn is the Invisible Pink
Unicorn, so '???' is perhaps the best equation.
Of course, neither Joe nor I are exclusively internalist or externalist,
we just rock our respective boats in different yaws.
I find the identifiability of behavior-only memes to be their chief
delight, and the total non-identifiability of internal memes to be their
primary sourness. Joe thinks they can and will be found. So, yeah, I
think he kind of wants to play with the unicorns, but I don't think he
is a virgin, so they won't talk to him.
Pink unicorns, visible or invisible, while dramatically allowable, are
not within nature to pursue.
- Wade
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