Re: electric meme bombs

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Fri 18 Oct 2002 - 16:49:59 GMT

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    > 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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