Re: I know one when I see one

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Wed 30 Oct 2002 - 18:36:32 GMT

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    > On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 09:20 , Bill Spight wrote:
    >
    > > And how does this transfer happen?\
    >
    > Person A performs meme A. Person B observes Person A and performs meme
    > B.
    >
    > > But all performances differ. What is transfered?
    >
    > The fact that all performances differ is not self-evident in all
    > memetic theories, although they are, of course, and that is a
    > groundwork to the behavior-only theory. As to what is transfered, take
    > your pick- ideas, thoughts, implications, inferences, physical
    > motions, social conventions, what precisely the information that
    > actually gets transfered is open to great and limitless analysation.
    >
    > There is no reason to assume anything gets transfered, really, only
    > that that there are similarities to Meme A and Meme B. Transference is
    > a meaning-related condition and can be part of an understanding of the
    > performance, but no understanding of any meaning is _demanded_ by the
    > performance-only theory. Culture happens when alphabets happen.
    >
    But alphabets are used to form words, which encode semantic content, that is, meaning. And to understand them is to 'get' the meaning to a recognizable degree, based upon a common understanding of the definitions of the terms used and a common understanding of the structure of the symbol system.
    >
    > - Wade
    >
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