Re: memetics-digest V1 #1297

From: Wade T. Smith (wade.t.smith@verizon.net)
Date: Sun 02 Mar 2003 - 15:49:50 GMT

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    On Sunday, March 2, 2003, at 01:26 AM, memetics-digest wrote:

    >> Indeed, there _were_ no, not a single, identical copy of a book until
    >> the
    >> printing press.
    >
    > Looked at this way, there are *no* identical copies since the printing
    > press either. Each book has a unique set of fibers in the papers,
    > unique
    > ink spots, etc.

    I'm glad you picked that nit. Likewise, in just such fashion, there are
    *no* identical copies of any information in individual brains.

    QED.

    - Wade

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