Re: I know one when I see one

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Wed 30 Oct 2002 - 18:54:45 GMT

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    > On Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 12:41 , Bill Spight wrote:
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    > > it is not clear that you have cultural
    > > transfer simply by transferring meanings.
    >
    > Which makes any internal considerations irrelevant to the performance
    > _as_ performance (meme), as the performance transfers things that
    > might not have been intended _at any point_ by the performer.
    >
    > The meme is the performance. An observer may attempt to perform it
    > again. That is the basis of cultural transmission.
    >
    How can the observer do so after the passage of time unless (s)he has stored it in meme-ory? The short answer is: (s)he can't.
    > - Wade
    >
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