Re: electric meme bombs

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Thu 31 Oct 2002 - 20:55:32 GMT

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    > On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 03:32 , joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
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    > > Memes are irretrieveably semantic, that is, they are patterns which
    > > encode meaning in the mind. They also cause it to be encoded in
    > > behavior (both demonstration and communication, although
    > > communication is a second-level encoding, that is, an encoding of an
    > > encoding).
    >
    > Meanings might or might not be encoded in the mind, but I see no need
    > to memeify them.
    >
    > But, the processes of the mind are very much in dispute- I'd rather
    > leave them to another discipline.
    >
    We can't, for that is where memes are stored. Memes are, precisely, that subset of memories which we pass on to other minds via demonstration or communication.
    >
    > - Wade
    >
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