Re: common selves

From: Wade Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Fri 01 Nov 2002 - 21:21:27 GMT

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    On Friday, November 1, 2002, at 01:04 , joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:

    > And this is the differentiation that allows volition, individuality,
    > creativity
    > and innovation, without which there could not be memetic mutation or
    > selection, but just the lockstep following of a common species template.

    I _know_ that I agree with this, (regardless of where I might think the cultural unit is or how it functions), but, at the same time, I am not immune to the view that this might all be precisely the lockstep that this particular species is striding to.

    I know- ugly thought. But, how do we really know?

    - Wade

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