Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA13082 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 26 May 2000 13:33:58 +0100 Subject: The legion of memes Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 08:31:29 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas est veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20000526123133.AAA28273@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 05/25/00 21:44, havelock said this-
>There are many memes that can be used to turn on and
>off pro and against feelings for any social situation.
There sure as hell are.
Although, like genes, we still speak of memes as _for_ x and y, where we
really can't identify a single simple one or set, and in the case of
memes, it _seems_ more correct to say 'there are many memes for and
against feelings for any situation' since we tend to think we can
_utilize_ and distort and modify these memes, as if we were engineers of
something we really had available....
But I'm still waiting for the real evidence that anyone can engineer a
meme. A few people have said they are doing this, here in this forum
among other places, but, have provided no evidence or tracking of
reasonable clinical data to substantiate their claims.
- Wade
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