Re: electric meme bombs

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Thu 31 Oct 2002 - 08:05:06 GMT

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    > On Sunday, October 20, 2002, at 05:41 , Van oost Kenneth wrote:
    >
    > > Wade, what about the sub- consciousness level of things !?
    > > Are there memes there?
    >
    > From the perspective of the behavior-only model, no, there are no
    > memes
    > there. Never were, never will be.
    >
    > > Unless we know how memes are born and where
    >
    > Memes are born and die in the behaviors of cultural performance. What
    > happens in the brain of the first performer, consciously or
    > unconsciously, is irrelevant to the observer, who will attempt, if any
    > attempt is made, to perform a totally new meme based upon his
    > apprehension of the original.
    >
    If it is indeed "based upon his apprehension of the original", then it is not totally new, but, along with the original, a token of their common meme-type.
    >
    > - Wade
    >
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