From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Sun 09 Mar 2003 - 19:49:29 GMT
> At 12:24 PM 09/03/03 -0600, joedees wrote:
>
> snip
>
> >Sorry, but one of the primary differences between memetics and
> >genetics is the identity of the shaping environment. For genetics,
> >it is the terrestrial ecological environment; for memetics it is the
> >cognitive gestalt.
>
> You might be saying what I do here just using different words. Memes
> survive or fail to survive depending on several factors. A
> hypothetical meme that you could fly by jumping off high buildings is
> gonna fail because of physics. :-) I suppose physics could be
> considered part of the cognitive gestalt. Phrenology failed largely
> because it was judged lacking by the metameme of the scientific
> method. That too might be considered part of the cognitive gestalt.
>
> It is also worth keeping in mind that memes and genes have effects on
> each other. A meme for whacking off gonads or committing suicide, or
> never having sex (Shakers) eliminates the genes for those who are
> infected with such a meme. In time it might make the survivors
> somewhat more skeptical.
>
All things that affect the survival or reproduction of cognitive gestalts.
>
> Keith Henson
>
>
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