From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Fri 18 Oct 2002 - 16:49:59 GMT
> Wade?:
> > > Yes, and the reason for that is, it has to be performed and
> > > observed.
>
> Joe:
> > No, it can, and often is, mentally modified, with elaborations drawn
> > from memory and present perception. Otherwise, there would be no
> > mutation, and without mutation, there is no evolution. But memes
> > evolve. Q.E.D.
>
> It may be already implicit in your comments but I altogether stress it
> once more for completeness' sake. Memes can also be mutated while
> being received. As a matter of fact, the mimicking of some behavior
> cannot be done to mirror perfection unless the behavior to be
> replicated is sufficiently simple. Apart from mutations due to the
> memetic interactions within one's mind this is another source of
> mutation.
>
Yep, it's both-and, not either-or.
>
> Phil
>
>
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